Egg?

[GingerLove]

I think I may have made a huge mistake. My Russian tortoise (6 in.) was playing outside. When I came to retrieve her, it looked like she had dug up and egg. It wasn't near her rear end, but it was with her in the hole. It was about the size of a finger nail. A pinky finger. I assumed it was too small and thought it could be a snake egg, so I squished it. The shell was spongy. Can Russian tortoise eggs to the size of a jelly belly???? I'll be so sad if I smooshed her only egg.

 

[keepergale]

Why would you squash a snake egg?

 

[GingerLove]

I don't like snakes. Here in Florida they can be dangerous. So you think it was a snake egg?????

 

[SarahChelonoidis]

Sometimes 'dud' eggs can be small like that. I don't know how likely digging up a nest with one egg in it is - digging a nest and laying a small egg seems more likely to me.

Smushing eggs that could belong to native species is not something I'd recommend.

 

[GingerLove]

A dud egg? I guess that would be a legitimate possibility. I hope I didn't smoosh one of her's that wasn't a dud. Thanks for your input!

 

[Speedy-1]

So , you are a egg Smoosher ?

Just yolking !

 

[GingerLove]

You crack me up!!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

An eggspert egg smoosher, eh ?

 

[Speedy-1]

An eggspert egg smoosher, eh ?

That is egg zactly right !! "Run Away" "Run Away" !!

 

[dmmj]

I seem to have wandered into some sort of bad pun Zone

 

[itiswhatitis]

Just egg-nor it !!! I wouldn't whisk getting caught up in it. hehe

 

[Speedy-1]

Just watching out for the "smoosher" !!

 

[TerrapinStation]

Well, since it is all over, easy for us to speculate.
Was it on the sunny side of the hole?
Did you scramble around and look for others?
Hopefully, they did not get poached by another animal......

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

We'll hatch another plan.
And crack this problem white now.
Shell be grateful to us.

 

[Speedy-1]

Doctors are reporting a marked increase in smooshing activity !

 

[GingerLove]

Bahahahhahahah!!!! Where did you find that?!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Speedy 1 is very good at finding these and especially weird moving emojis.

 

[Speedy-1]

I think we can get to serious sometimes , so why not have a little fun occasionally ? Its no worse than searching the internet to reinforce some obscure "tortoise fact" !