eggs

I've got a female three toed last November, about 4-5 inches. I'm wondering if it's possible that she will lay down eggs this year and how can I tell? Thanks.

Hi everyone newbie here! I got the surprise of a lifetime the other day! My daughters box turtle “Jack” laid eggs! (I completely forgot turtles laid eggs and was trying hard to convince my 3rd old her boy turtle was a girl and laid eggs like her chickens ?) Well now “jack “ 1st laid 2 eggs 1...

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...

so i have an about 6-7 year old sulcata. Im pretty sure she is female and im super worried about her producing eggs and them getting stuck or something. shes curently in a nice pen in my basement with plenty of heat and uvb and this is just for the winter as i live in ohio (she gets a really big...

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 All, Hoping I can get some advise for my Easter Eggs (Laid on Easter Monday!) So just to fill you in... I got Tatty back in August 2018 and she was kept with another two tortoises, who were all unconfirmed gender - I took mine to the vets and had it confirmed I had a girl. The previous...

I am looking for advice regarding incubating leopard tortoise eggs. What incubator should I get? What temperature is optimal to produce more females? How should I go about incubating the eggs?

Hello all! Newbie to the forum and I hope someone can give me some advice. I've had painted turtles for over 10 years, never any eggs or babies...which I am completely fine with. And then Chewetta came into my life...my boyfriend was on a job site and rescued an Eastern Box Turtle that was...

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...

Hi, I have a clutch of six Hermanns eggs, three of which have just hatched successfully. Whilst incubating, the eggs were in two, seperate trays of vermiculite in the same incubator. The hatched eggs are all from one tray, the remaining three are in the other tray. It looks as though one egg...

Hey guys, Thanks a lot for help I think I over panicked my darling finally laid eggs two days back! And that was the best sight. But now I want to know if I should take them out from soil and incubate artificially or not because the soil of my garden have became very hard! Need help

I have a star tortoise named darling. She dug holes two times in last month. First time was around 25 days ago and second time was day before yesterday. She dug hole at the same spot. But she didn't lay any eggs. I also tried to provide her artificial environment but she didn't liked the...

LOCAL PICK UP ONLY IN VAN NUYS CALIFORNIA yes, you read this right, i have i think at least three eggs of red eared sliders, laid i think sometimes in June? blah, memory:) anyway, i peeked on them, the top one was crazy heavy, so they are fertile, at least some, anyhow, I will not ship because...