Saving a Snapper – Part 2

We were lucky enough to witness a snapping turtle lay her eggs this past spring:

Unfortunately, she chose to lay them next to our mailbox, which is next to the road.

We looked up the hatching time and discovered it is very variable: 55 to 125 days! So we had a while to wait and see.

Yesterday my husband came home and told me there was a surprise outside – this is what he found:

This little guy moved surprisingly fast! He was almost to the neighbor’s home two houses down where he was spotted in the road. 

It was time to intervene………

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I released him in the wetland behind our home, and now, we are monitoring the mailbox closely  for lost siblings:)