tortoiselife
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Breeding Question - I have a trio of Sri Lankan Stars (female is 3600 grams/8 pounds 16 yrs old ) and the males are approx 350 grams each 6/15 years old. They are all housed together outdoors with heated/temp control house. Only when I acquired the 2nd male (Valentino) I saw him immediately mate with the female a couple of times. She later had 7 eggs and but none were fertile. It has been one year and I have never seen any of the males mating with the female. She has not laid eggs or tried digging in the last year. The males mount each other but not the female. They are much smaller than her but i thought this was normal for the species. Does anyone know if the males are too small or why not mating with the female. Do I need different males? Remove one male? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.