snapping turtle season
 

The other day, my neighbor (two doors up) came by to tell me that a
snapping turtle had laid eggs in his back yard. She came up from the
stream in the woods, walked up the hill to his yard, and walked up a hill
in his yard to a spot by his shed, where she dug her nest and did her
thing.


Alan

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The other day, my neighbor (two doors up) came by to tell me that a
snapping turtle had laid eggs in his back yard. She came up from the
stream in the woods, walked up the hill to his yard, and walked up a hill
in his yard to a spot by his shed, where she dug her nest and did her
thing.


Alan

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Cool!

Fun!
Baby snappers are so cute!
Just like baby alligators, baby man eating tigers
and baby Godzilla ;-)

kathy :-) www.blogfromthebog.com
this week ~ a snake story

Pond 101 page for new pond keepers ~
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wrote in message
ganews.com...
The other day, my neighbor (two doors up) came by to tell me that a
snapping turtle had laid eggs in his back yard. She came up from the
stream in the woods, walked up the hill to his yard, and walked up a hill
in his yard to a spot by his shed, where she dug her nest and did her
thing.
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We're draining our 800 gallon pond tomorrow or Saturday as we think another
one (snapper) breached the netting. We found two beautiful butterfly koi
with their tails in bloody shreds this afternoon. Part of the net was torn
and missing near the ground. Our neighbor and ourselves have been trying to
rid our ponds and area of these menaces by taking everyone we see to a
nearby lake. He told me this morning he hasn't seen any snapper in his
stock pond but he's now invaded by southern sliders. he gave up keeping
fish in his pond years ago.

We're replacing the side nets with hardware cloth this weekend. That should
keep the dirty little stinkers out....... speaking of stinkers,...another
fish eating water snake commit suicide in the net this week. What an
odor.... *gasp*.....

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McKoi.... the frugal ponder...
EVERYONE: "Please check people's headers for forgeries
before flushing." NAMES ARE BEING FORGED.
Do not feed the trolls.
~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o

Sell them to the Chinks in Nashville. they buy and eat anything.


wrote:
The other day, my neighbor (two doors up) came by to tell me that a
snapping turtle had laid eggs in his back yard. She came up from the
stream in the woods, walked up the hill to his yard, and walked up a hill
in his yard to a spot by his shed, where she dug her nest and did her
thing.


Alan

Reel Mckoi wrote:
snip

he gave up keeping
fish in his pond years ago.

You should see what the do to duck feet when they get out of control.
Poor crippled creatures with chunks out of their feet.
Mark B.

"mark Bannister" wrote in message
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Reel Mckoi wrote:
snip

he gave up keeping
fish in his pond years ago.

You should see what the do to duck feet when they get out of control.
Poor crippled creatures with chunks out of their feet.
Mark B.
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I have seen them. These snappers are a constant problem where I live. I
know a woman who lost part of a finger to a snapper when she was a child.
In disgust her grandparents filled in the pond and watered the livestock
from a tank.
--
McKoi.... the frugal ponder...
EVERYONE: "Please check people's headers for forgeries
before flushing." NAMES ARE BEING FORGED.
Do not feed the trolls.
~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o

"Reel Mckoi" Sell them to the Chinks in Nashville. they buy and eat
anything.

They eat dogs and cats too. Turtle Soup is supposedly delicious.

Yes, very cute... and very voracious. I kept some as pets for about 8
months, years ago in college. They grew from hatchlings to about 8 inches
long on a steady diet of turtle food sticks and coldcuts (mostly turkey)
from the school cafeteria. Probably not the best over-all diet for them,
but with the amount they ate and the income I had as a student, the coldcut
option worked for my budget..

BTW, whenever I've had trouble getting a turtle to eat, fat-free turkey
coldcuts have almost always jumpstarted them (and don't foul up the water).
Then they'll usually switch over to a more balanced diet pretty easily.


"kathy" wrote in message
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Fun!
Baby snappers are so cute!
Just like baby alligators, baby man eating tigers
and baby Godzilla ;-)

kathy :-) www.blogfromthebog.com
this week ~ a snake story

Pond 101 page for new pond keepers ~
http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html

"Jeri Toll" wrote in message
t...
"Reel Mckoi" Sell them to the Chinks in Nashville. they buy and eat
anything.

They eat dogs and cats too. Turtle Soup is supposedly delicious.
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So I heard. Back in NY, in the rural areas, people made soup from the mud
(snapper) turtles. I never had the nerve to try any.
--
McKoi.... the frugal ponder...
EVERYONE: "Please check people's headers for forgeries
before flushing." NAMES ARE BEING FORGED.
Do not feed the trolls.
~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o