NEST GUARDING

[ALDABRAMAN]

 

[HLogic]

How long does the female typically guard the nest? Is it an aggressive guarding posture? I assume the nest protection is to ward off other females from using the same nest site as there don't appear to be any mammalian or other reptilian predators native to their range. Correct?

 

[Torty Mom]

That is a very cool picture!! Don't mess with Momma!!

 

[Yvonne G]

I thought the Manouria tortoises were the only tortoises that guarded their nests.

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

How long does the female typically guard the nest? Is it an aggressive guarding posture? I assume the nest protection is to ward off other females from using the same nest site as there don't appear to be any mammalian or other reptilian predators native to their range. Correct?

This female has always "guarded" her nest spot , up to several days. We have two others that also do this, all others never do. The only significance with this female "Sandy", is she always has two or three clutches per season with very high fertility.

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Here is another picuture of the same female guading another nest from several years back.

 

[Tom]

Wow. That's really cool. I had no idea.

Thanks Greg.

 

[RianSeeking]

Obviously Sandy is a very serious and committed clutch momma.