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The only real way to defeat the raccoons is to remove the eggs, and release the hatchlings when they emerge. I don't know whether that is approved by EC. Anyway, turtle eggs require protection from desiccation. You cannot just put them in an egg-crate, and wait. They must be in soil. They also must not be drenched with water, which will suffocate the embryos inside the eggs. As a boy, I once excavated a snapping turtle nest. I had very carefully noted the exact location when I observed the female laying the eggs, and yet when I dug, the eggs were not there! Eventually I found that they had been carefully placed in a side chamber off the vertical excavation, so that the eggs were directly under a clump of protective grass. I kept the eggs in soil, lightly moist but not at all saturated, until they hatched, whereupon the young were released. On 18 Jul 2011, at 9:25 AM, Burkhard Plache wrote: > Yesterday evening around 7pm, we noticed a Painted Turtle digging > in our driveway. Unfortunately, we got a bit close before noticing, > so it moved away. This morning, it was at it again. > With the abundance of Racoons in our area, is there any advice > on how to best protect the nest? > > Also, we saw a Snapping Turtle dig at the side of the road > near Frog Pond this morning. > > Burkhard
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