breeding

Hello. I have a 18 year old Aldabra about 160-170# and he has come of age. I have been entertaining purchasing a 17yo female to make the pair. My intention is to have the two breed at some point. My concern is that I remember reading years ago about males being sterile. I also remember...

One of my young CB Russian tortoise females who reached breeding weight last year laid a clutch of 8 itty bitty eggs this afternoon. I was so surprised! I think she was, too. The final 2 eggs were barely covered, she must have run out of space. The smallest egg is only 10g. Six of them are...

RT breeding season is off to a good start. Topaz laid these 5 eggs yesterday afternoon. I dug them up at dusk, didn't expect that many in one clutch! Topaz is the daughter of my first tortoise and Jasper, the male, is also CB. These babies will be CB2. I'm not selling any hatchlings, only...

First post on the forum in I’m pretty sure 4 months. Basically around 4/5 months ago my male bred my female in their enclosure quite a lot for a period of 1-2 weeks. This also happened 9/10 months ago. I haven’t seen anything like eggs of the sort. I wouldn’t mind eggs and would be quick to...

Noticed some interesting behavior today with our angulated group. We have been having some really hot days 100-110+ with warm 70-80 degree nights. The male in with this group of females has been on a mission all evening. Chasing, pushing and flipping one on her side. He’s usually very mild...

Hi! I own a 58 year old Mediterranean spur thighed tortoise. I was wondering about what age would be the limit for one of these tortoises to breed/if there is a limit as I can’t find this information anywhere online. I would appreciate if someone could help me out with this as if he is an...

I have had my beautiful Horsefield tortoise for 5 years now. He/she is around 5-6 years old. Recently my tortoise (named Sheldon) has started to mount items and make squeaking noises, I’m guessing these are mating habits. We have been told that Sheldon is male (of course you can’t tell at a...

Hi, Has anyone experienced your male tortoise trying to breed your female tortoise but his thing doesn't come out. I see him all the time trying to but nothing. I took him to the vet about 6 months ago and he did an xray and felt inside and said everything is normal. Any suggestions? Thanks

I’m just curious if anyone knows about how much weight a tortoise looses during egg laying? I’ve noticed a lot of breeding with my tortoises and was hoping to be able to weigh the female once or twice a week or so and be able to tell when she laid her eggs instead of digging each day to look, or...

I've never had much luck with getting my female hingebacks to mate with males once I've moved them inside. Yesterday, I attempted this again, and I documented the event with video. I'd be curious to learn how others are pairing their hingebacks. I keep my Kinixys nogueyi separate throughout...

Hello all, I've been doing some extensive work with building my outdoor Russian Tortoise enclosure for next year. This will be my first time keeping a breeding colony and I can't wait to start this endeavor. It's about 35ftx30ft! I've put many hours into building the perfect layout that will...

Hello all! I've always had a huge interest regarding breeding torts. I recently purchased my first house that fortunately has all the land I'll need for at least a 30ftx30ft enclosure. As of now, I have a room indoors dedicated to my 3 girls that live happily (no aggression). I know a 1:3 ratio...

I've done some digging since recently getting my first Sulcata in Malaysia. (Check out my first post) I'm honestly shocked by some of the pictures I've found. I discovered that the most likely source for the sulcatas and many leopards being sold in South East Asia are exported from Egypt or...

Hello all., bellow i describe the nesting behavior i have seen from my female common musk this breeding season. I want to know if anyone else has noted similar behavior in their nesting turtles? I am particularly interested in why you think she might be doing this also. she is doing it...

Hello, I have a FERTILE Musk Turtle who has laid 4 clutches so far (about half way through the season ) and 20 eggs in total. my research indicates both her frequency of laying and her clutch size are above average for musk. The breed is super small even as adults. She has also been...

This breeding season I collected a total of 28 eggs from my 4 female Indotestudo Elongata. Here's my hatch rate thus far: Healthy hatchlings: 10 Slugs: 3 Perfectly formed stillborns: 11 Still incubating: 4 I'm really pleased with the 10 healthy hatchlings, but pretty sad about the 11 that...

Hi All, I have a few questions about Indian Stars and breeding. I acquired 2 Indian stars last August. One female and one male. The female's birth date is 11/26/17. Her name is Star. Then my male's birth date is 3/4/17. Name is Indy. I have noticed "activity" from him with her that I am...

My 5 year old female star has been acting a bit odd lately. First I saw her sniffing the ground in area I had already identified as a viable nesting site. I quickly removed the male assuming the female was about to lay. It’s been over a week now. She’s no longer sniffing but acting rather lazy...

We have three pairs of large adult breeding sulcata tortoises available. They are very successful breeders with high fertility and hatch rates. All healthy and heavy. We are asking $900 a pair or $2500 for all three pairs. May be interested in trades as well. If interested and would like to...

My two 20-yr-old box turtles are still quite amorous with each other. Is it too late in the season to get viable eggs? How long after mating does it take for the female to lay eggs - one way or the other? Probably silly questions but a friend gave me her turtles just this past March; so I...