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My junior field herper and his discovery

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Hi all,
My best friends son, who is 5 phoned me up yesterday to tell me that he found eggs in his sandbox. Turtle eggs he said. The thing is, when he brought them over to show me, they looked long and oval shaped, and all of the turtle eggs I've seen are round. They are pliable, and 3 of the 4 are dented on one side. They look very much like the snake eggs on this site. Does anyone have any ideas one way or the other?
I've advised his mother on how to put together a quick container with a margarine tub, as seen on this website. I know it works for snakes - does the same priniple apply to turtles??
One other thing...since the little darling is only 5, he had a wonderful time loving those eggs and rolling them around before he brought them in to his mother. I have also advised that they NOT be turned anymore for any reason. Since they have already been turned, are they for sure gonners?
I am on my way to his house tonight for dinner and will take some pictures if I can. In the mean time, any advice would be appreciated, he's VERY excited and is not looking to me to be a hero and make his eggs hatch *sigh*
 
cornsnakekid92 said:
i would watch out becus the might be egg from a venomus snke, just a heads up
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Since there's only one venomous snake species in Ontario I don't think you've got much to worry about. However, if those things hatch and you see cute little rattles on them...
 
Rattle Snakes don't lay eggs! They are live birth LOL! Probably snakes eggs and they are ok if they are turned a bit. Snake that lay eggs you can readily find up there are Eastern Hognose, Fox snakes, and I don't know for sure about Bull snakes.
 
Joejr14 said:
Since there's only one venomous snake species in Ontario I don't think you've got much to worry about. However, if those things hatch and you see cute little rattles on them...
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My mind may be fried from the long day, but don't rattlesnakes have live birth . . . ? :sidestep:

In fact did a quick google, and rattlesnakes retain the eggs inside the body and do in fact have live birth.

D80

Sorry GBB . . . :)
 
The only venomous snakes that are not rear fangs in NA are Coral snakes and with them roaming the south from FL-AZ I would not worry about them in Canada.
 
CrazyCorn said:
The only venomous snakes that lay eggs are not rear fangs in NA are Coral snakes and with them roaming the south from FL-AZ I would not worry about them in Canada.
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Edit: "that lay eggs"
 
Drizzt80 said:
So what you're saying is that you were trying to test us right?! . . . riiiiiiiiiiight! :cool:

D80
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No, I'm just saying that she definitely doesn't have to worry about having venomous hatchlings.
 
Yeah, I know . . . I think CrazyCorn was excited about having the chance to burst your bubble before anyone else could. :D

D80
 
Drizzt80 said:
Yeah, I know . . . I think CrazyCorn was excited about having the chance to burst your bubble before anyone else could. :D

D80
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Ah well, I do what I can. I guess people think that it bothers me when I get corrected. :shrugs:
 
I got a picture last night to give you a better idea...
As for the posts so far on what kind of snakes they may be - bull snakes aren't found this far east, and since rattlers and garter snakes are live birth snakes, that leaves I believe 6 or 7 possible species. My best guess is hognose, if in fact they are snake eggs. I've caught a few around here.
If anyone has any other ideas to include (or exclude) the possibility of turtle eggs, I'd love to hear them!
Thanks!
 

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Those are not turtle eggs that is for sure, at that size my best guess would be Eastern Hognose eggs, mostly due to the fact that they were found in the sand, which isn't uncommon for hognose but it is uncommon for many of the other species you have.
 
What about the black rat snake? There is a site that shows a map of ontario snakes Ill see if I can find it brb
 
Wait...did you find out what they were? At that size they look more like lizard eggs than snake eggs...unless they are from a really small snake like a nightsnake or groundsnake...
 
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