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The vet seems to think she is doing fine on calcium, the eggs formed the leathery shell before I did the calcium shots. The shots also help with her bones and muscles for contractions. When I feed her she eats a supplement called ZooMed Caloric Jumpstart. I have used that for years with her...

Nope, and only goes outside under my supervision in an enclosure (big kiddie pool with grass, dirt, wood, large rocks). She has never even seen another turtle since I got her approx 16 years ago. She was kept with a sibling hatchling for the first six or so months of her life. Not tended to...

The last two of Shelly's eggs were laid this evening sometime. (I wrote this Friday night) April 8th I had noticed she wasn't eating and was doing the 'egg' dance, switching her tail, laying in the water bowl all spraddily legged and flipping her back legs and feet to rub her rear end. Vet did...

On April 8th I took Shelly to the vet because she was doing the 'egg' dance. The doctor did an x-ray and no eggs. So she continued to not eat, switch her tail and move her back feet like like she was wiping her rear end. All she wanted to do was lay in the water bowl. So back to the vet again...

My 16 year old Ornate had be switching her tail and moving her back feet like she does when she wants to clean her rear end. She has also been laying in her water bowl a lot. After not wanting to eat for almost a week I thought she was with eggs but a trip to the vet and x-ray confirmed NO...