UPDATE: As of June 24, there is only one turtle egg left. I am hoping for the best, but the colour has gone a bit strange.
On June 2, after a full day of paddling/turtle surveying on the East Sydenham, on my drive home to London, I spotted a painted turtle at the side of the road (Oxford Street, just across the road from the Garden Patch). Unfortunately, it was a female that did not survive a hit. There was a broken egg beside the turtle's cracked carapace. Upon further investigation, I spotted more eggs. I was able to harvest five pink little eggs. On the advice of the Internet, I constructed a makeshift incubator with some household items. Today, the eggs are still rosey pink and smooth, which I think indicates healthy eggs. Other than watering the eggs daily, this is mostly a waiting game now. The expected hatch date is mid-July.
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| Makeshift incubator: heating pad, bowl with vermiculite, and lid with holes. |
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| Basking painted turtle on log in the East Sydenham |
3 comments:
That is neat. I will be checking back to see how they eggs develop. Good luck.
Ya, I hope that they make it. It would be most exciting to be able to release some hatchlings later this year.
Only you would spot a turtle across from the"Garden Patch" Here's hoping the sweet little pink eggs make it into our amazing world.
WC
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