Eastern Box Turtle Laying Eggs

[ajlapiana]

interesting but u need to learn how to focus a camera

[cobraman16]

i used to have a eastern box turtle that looked just like that

[94NatWolfflover94]

I have a wild box turtl as a pet and its laying eggs in my backyard at this very moment!!!!

[shitzulovey]

she is working so hard, the things we women do for our children!!! I found a box turtle digging a nest near my veggie garden and I was so excited, in 3 months her eggs will hatch and like you I will watch but allow the wee ones to remain wild and free.

[shitzulovey]

I have a box turtle in my veggie garden building a nest, I want to help her but I do not know if she will lay her eggs and walk away or will she stay to watch over the eggs, what did this one do??? I live in coastal North Carolina and we are very dry this spring, thank you for anything you can share.

[Tyran508]

do you know what kind of place would they lay they eggs ill like to know because i have one and i know she mated with one of the others

[726KAS]

@Tyran508

This turtle laid her eggs right in our suburban backyard. She dug away the mulch and the dirt in a shady spot of the garden.

[katlynn150]

i need a male name 4 my box turtle.justimagine one of u lucky ppls opinion will be picked! let me know wat u think

[726KAS]

I don't know. Sorry. There are several websites that I have seen with good Eastern Box Turtle info.

[gloriav52]

hey my turtle laid 3 eggs last week but last time she laid eggs i didnt knew and the babys got out of the eggs and left the garden jaja and i didnt even knew..so now she laid eggs again, so i wanted to know how much time does it take for the turtles to get out of the eggs?

thank

[726KAS]

She laid the eggs on June 29 and they hatched on September 21.

[ltdricks]

will they ever just lay one egg?

[animalsrmylifee]

AWSOME!! my easten box turte just laid eggs last night and i watched it happen to! isnt it soo cool!?! Btw mine laid 5 eggs :)

[VampiRe4twiLight]

I have a male and female box turtle. and when the girl layed an egg, the boy ate it T.T

[ronsimple]

That;s so cool to watch them lay eggs!It's amazing what a precise hole they can dig with just their back feet!!Keep an eye out for the babies because birds will get them!! :-)

[726KAS]

She laid three eggs(one before we were able to get the camera). There is a small video of the turtles hatching.(726KAS). All three made it out OK. We kept them in a box for a few days and got to love them. Then we set them free in the woods behind our house. We were amazed at our luck to see such a thing.

[11wormbig]

What a nice thing for you to do -- make sure the hatchings were safe, and then set them free. Good job.

[726KAS]

@11wormbig

I have never seen them again and I like to think that they are off living in the woods!

[richman151]

cool!!!!!!! do you know how many she layed?

[726KAS]

Does this turtle make some sounds with her mouth right before she lays the second egg?

(3 chirp-like noises?)