I was planting some flowers today and I found AN EGG in the soil where I was trying to plant some bulbs. Does anyone know how to tell if itās a snakeās egg or not? I live in PA and Iām very new to outdoor gardening. I really have no clue what to do with the lil guy. š° (Iām also trying to plant some Asiatic Lillies so any advice would be greatly appreciated.)
For reference size, itās a very large egg for an animal egg. Pretty much the size of a large chickenās egg. I think itās too big and has too hard of a shell for a snakeās egg, but I want to double check
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Is there an animal rescue you can call and ask to leave it with?
0 gillningar The closest one is about 45 minutes away. And after some research, it looks like it canāt be a snake egg, but is very likely a duck egg. Whichā¦I wasnāt expecting. I live in a townhome development, so perhaps another animal stole another duckās egg.
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I donāt know if ducks would do this but just to help you along in solving the problem. Is it possible a duck put it there? Meaning, is there a pond in your community or near by? I see ducks flying overhead of my house and I live 100 feet from a creek and a couple miles from a lake. At my old house, a lot of parks in town had ponds with ducks and sometimes I would find ducks in my pool (when the pump was broken, and it was due for a re-plaster so the pool temporarily looked like a pondš ). They travel surprisingly far. So any chance a duck actually put it there? Or maybe like someone said, another animal stole it and left it there.
0 gillningar I think another animal is more likely. Iāve lived in my townhome for 8 years now and have yet to see any ducks or geese, and thereās no pond around, but there IS some woods near one end of the development that was cut into by train tracks. If a duck does in fact emerge Iāll let yāall know, but so far the egg seems perfectly intact and after returning it where I found it I have yet to see anyone come back for it, momma duck or egg thief
0 gillningar Sadly there arenāt many animals at all in my development since its construction. I live in a pretty residential area, so the most I ever see is small birds. I would be pretty intrigued if a mongoose or fox or raccoon stole this egg, and would be very happy if there was in fact a duck family around. ā¦just hoping itās not a goose egg (it doesnāt seem big enough to be, from what I read. Also geese are just plain mean š)
0 gillningarIf the egg is kind of leathery it is a tortoise egg. The size of their eggs depends on the size of the tortoise. Some of them can be quite large
1 gilla Thanks for the tip! Itās hard, and definitely seems harder than your average egg, which makes me think itās a duck egg.
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