Good morning all,
The tort I was posting about in the concern over change in poop post from June 5 was caught this morning nesting. I literally just found out she is female from that post after having her for years. I am now concerned that this is all related and hoping she is not gravid. The 2 changes I have noticed are that her turds are tiny bits now not the big formed ones she had previously, this has been happening for about a month. She does poop daily. The other concerning thing is that she had lost weight as my previous post stated, about 200 grams over a month or so, she currently weighs 882 grams. If I had to guess she's roughly 8 inches long. Her appetite and activity level have been completely normal. She is housed indoors in a large open tort table on cypress mulch, temps are 85-90F basking area, and 78 on the cool side. When I went in to feed her she was basking as usual, then as I was packing up to leave she started kicking around her back legs. She stopped went over to eat then I left. My husband just checked on her and she is in the corner doing it again. We will add additional substrate tonight which also will require us to raise the side of her enclosure so she can't get out. Based off of what I have researched on this forum she doesn't sound gravid but I am freaking out non the less. I am also out of town for an overnight trip this weekend and am trying to gauge how serious this may be at this point. I have read that they can try to nest weeks/months prior to dropping eggs, is this the start? I'd really appreciate any advice or guidance.
The tort I was posting about in the concern over change in poop post from June 5 was caught this morning nesting. I literally just found out she is female from that post after having her for years. I am now concerned that this is all related and hoping she is not gravid. The 2 changes I have noticed are that her turds are tiny bits now not the big formed ones she had previously, this has been happening for about a month. She does poop daily. The other concerning thing is that she had lost weight as my previous post stated, about 200 grams over a month or so, she currently weighs 882 grams. If I had to guess she's roughly 8 inches long. Her appetite and activity level have been completely normal. She is housed indoors in a large open tort table on cypress mulch, temps are 85-90F basking area, and 78 on the cool side. When I went in to feed her she was basking as usual, then as I was packing up to leave she started kicking around her back legs. She stopped went over to eat then I left. My husband just checked on her and she is in the corner doing it again. We will add additional substrate tonight which also will require us to raise the side of her enclosure so she can't get out. Based off of what I have researched on this forum she doesn't sound gravid but I am freaking out non the less. I am also out of town for an overnight trip this weekend and am trying to gauge how serious this may be at this point. I have read that they can try to nest weeks/months prior to dropping eggs, is this the start? I'd really appreciate any advice or guidance.
