LEOPARD EGG

[princessdreamsxxx]

today I went to clean out my tortoises and behind one of my girls was what looked like a pile of runny egg yolk ontop of sawdust I could not see a shell just a pile of thick yellow mess could this be a broken egg??

 

[Neal]

I am not sure if this is actually a broken egg, but I have noticed this type of discharge in our females before egg laying begins...which for a lot of leopards is going on right about now.

 

[Yvonne G]

It might have been an egg without the shell. This happens frequently before nesting.

 

[princessdreamsxxx]

Hi yes she has laid another 3 since but they are pinkish in colour and oval but very soft and seem to have sunk in a bit and one she sat on and is totally flat but everything still in tact are these worth incubating I have never had tortoise eggs before

 

[Yvonne G]

Its always worth it to try to see if they'll hatch. Usually eggs deposited on top of the ground aren't fertile. But sometimes it just means she couldn't find a good spot to dig. So give it a try.

 

[Tom]

Not likely that anything will come of those. Many females do this as they get ready to lay for real for the first time. I call it priming the pump. Just made that up, but it works for me.

 

[Edna]

Chickens produce a few duds as well in the process of bringing the egg-production machinery into working order.

 

[princessdreamsxxx]

Are eggs normally soft and sink slightly if it's a good clutch just so I know in the future lol