Very informative post! I was guilty in the past of removing turtles from their neighbors! Learned long ago how hard it was for them to navigate their new surroundings. Keep up the good work B&B
Thank you, Skipper! We brought two turtles from the woods last summer and had them in our yard. But we put them back where we found them. This year we'll just say hi to them. Love, Bea
Thank you for the wonderful list of steps to take to protect turtles!
I believe my brother, Sam, and I , as very young children, unwittingly contributed to the endangerment of box turtles. If only we had had this information sixty-plus years ago! I remember walking down our lane with our wagon one summer day collecting every box turtle in sight except one. Our goal was to start a turtle farm. Honestly, I am not sure what we meant by this. The one box turtle that escaped our kidnap was in an older woman's yard. She fussed at us and told us that the turtles protected her tomato plants from being eaten by insects so we may not remove any and to stay out of her yard. When we had collected about 10 turtles we went to our neighbor's backyard and created a habitat in their freshly filled sandbox. Using their garden hose we created what to us was a turtle paradise. We made little pools and structures, and tunnels for the turtles. If I remember correctly, once the project was completed, we left the turtles in their new habitat, took our wagon and went home. I am sure our neighbors were not pleased with our handiwork, all I can remember is how much fun we had that day!
That does like a lot of fun, and very funny. But I bet the turtles stomped all over the structures. It sounds like it was easier to find turtles then! Which is interesting. Love, Bea
Very informative post! I was guilty in the past of removing turtles from their neighbors! Learned long ago how hard it was for them to navigate their new surroundings. Keep up the good work B&B
Thank you, Skipper! We brought two turtles from the woods last summer and had them in our yard. But we put them back where we found them. This year we'll just say hi to them. Love, Bea
Thank you for the wonderful list of steps to take to protect turtles!
I believe my brother, Sam, and I , as very young children, unwittingly contributed to the endangerment of box turtles. If only we had had this information sixty-plus years ago! I remember walking down our lane with our wagon one summer day collecting every box turtle in sight except one. Our goal was to start a turtle farm. Honestly, I am not sure what we meant by this. The one box turtle that escaped our kidnap was in an older woman's yard. She fussed at us and told us that the turtles protected her tomato plants from being eaten by insects so we may not remove any and to stay out of her yard. When we had collected about 10 turtles we went to our neighbor's backyard and created a habitat in their freshly filled sandbox. Using their garden hose we created what to us was a turtle paradise. We made little pools and structures, and tunnels for the turtles. If I remember correctly, once the project was completed, we left the turtles in their new habitat, took our wagon and went home. I am sure our neighbors were not pleased with our handiwork, all I can remember is how much fun we had that day!
That does like a lot of fun, and very funny. But I bet the turtles stomped all over the structures. It sounds like it was easier to find turtles then! Which is interesting. Love, Bea
They seemed to everywhere back then, but . of course, that's because Sam was very good at spotting them!
Thank you for this wonderful post! I enjoyed it with my morning tea!