Leave Wildlife Alone

[Nyboy]

There is a large lake with park 2 blocks from me. Lake has a healthy population of turtles. 90% of the time you never see them. They do come out of the water to dig nest and lay eggs. Anyone who lives around the lake for any period of time has knows this. Last night a client tx me this is in my yard who do I call to remove. Leave it alone when done laying eggs will go back to water. Why do people think they need to " HELP" wildlife. They dont need or want your help leave them alone.

 

[canesisters]

AGREE!
The fledging birds and fully furred baby rodents of all descriptions used to overwhelm us at the clinic every spring.
People were appalled when we told them to put it back where you found it.
Used to tickle me though - the complete dioramas they would put together before driving it 15mins to the clinic....

 

[flowerbug]

i stop and help them cross the road.

 

[Nyboy]

That is different. The vet I worked for as a teenager is now the top reptile vet in country. He gets a lot of turtles with cracked shell do to being hit by cars. He uses super glue to glue shell back togather.

 

[canesisters]

Aught to tell them to stroke that little sweetie on the head and see how helpless it is......

 

[Nyboy]

I think that might be a lawsuit. Pet the turtle they enjoy it

 

[Ridgerunner]

That does look like a snapping turtle doesn't it.

 

[flowerbug]

That does look like a snapping turtle doesn't it.

that it does... i like the big ones that have a whole colony of wetland growing on top of them. i ran into one such at a park in South Toledo i used to walk at...

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!s...oc.singles.moderated/3vD-dhmWDm4/vQ2u_CNeDBoJ

hard to believe that was almost 17yrs ago... time is going by all too quickly...

 

[majorcatfish]

took the girls for a walk nola was sniffing intensely, ava comes over, figured they found a pile of cat poop told them to stop walked over glad i yelled at them , it was a rabbit nest with very young ones in there.... got the girls back home went back out there with some fencing made a hoop and cut out openings for mom to come in and feed them.... since i have 2 rabbit haters. figured i would at least give them a fighting chance without disturbing the nest.....
since taking the photos have gone back out and made the hoop larger.....

have to keep an eye for my clan members.....

 

[Carol Dee]

took the girls for a walk nola was sniffing intensely, ava comes over, figured they found a pile of cat poop told them to stop walked over glad i yelled at them , it was a rabbit nest with very young ones in there.... got the girls back home went back out there with some fencing made a hoop and cut out openings for mom to come in and feed them.... since i have 2 rabbit haters. figured i would at least give them a fighting chance without disturbing the nest.....
since taking the photos have gone back out and made the hoop larger.....
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have to keep an eye for my clan members.....

I am going to bet it is not IN your garden!