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I don't have any turtles ( snakes only ) but I think I stumbled on some turtle eggs that may need help. I found a few reptile eggs scattered on the sand close to a hole about six inches deep. In the hole I could see the tops of more eggs. Should I cover them up, leave them alone or take them home and try to hatch and release them? It looks like something tried to dig them up and left or the mother layed some more eggs as she was leaving. Any help would be appreciated.

Well I know that I would dig them up and incubate them, mostly because I would be curious of what they were! But if you don't want to go through the trouble, then cover them up. I am sure a raccoon or some other animal dug them up, it must have gotten scared off before it could eat them.

i thought i was being cool climbing up trees looking at crows nests...just waiting for the pin feathers to almost grow out so i could get a crow for the season(i would let them fly free and they would fly away in the fall)anyway...the first year i asked a friend of mine why so many times i would go back a week later and no more crows???well turns out...the other animals in the woods would follow my scent and climb right up the trees to eat the crows...so...make sure you have no human scent on you..i would wash off rubber boots near the site as well as rubber gloves(wash off near the site)...don't just step out of a smelly car.WASH AFTER YOU HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF THE CAR..and don't breath on the site...don't touch branches...don't sweat near the site..and try to cover the eggs with dirt close to the site but not the same dirt that already was uncovered because it smells like another animal and animals follow other animals as well as humans.maybe use a trowel that you know has no scent on it(i would push it into the bottom of a stream and clean it as you do your boots).also breath up into the air as you cover things up. it's probably too late to save the eggs though..don't under estimate a preditor it's their world out there....hope this helps...good luck....billy

That's interesting about the crows cause I've always wanted to find a nest and get a young one for a pet ( even though is illegal ) I guess I won't now. Thanks for the help. I'll give it a try. I'd try to dig them up and incubate them if I knew what I was doing... but I don't.

I would cover the eggs, then place a wire mesh over them. Small enough to keep our coons, foxes, skunks, ect, but to let the hatchlings out when they hatch.

Katrina