Old lady lays eggs

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Yvonne G

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That's just so sad that the eggs break...and dangerous too. She could retain some of those shells and it would cause a big problem. I've never seen the female to wiggle her tail back and forth like that prior to the egg dropping. Mine don't do that. I wonder if that's what's breaking the eggs.
 

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A bit of that tail wagging was sped up :p but a few of my females do that with their tails. That wouldn't break the eggs. If you notice the first 2 were broken and not the third. I'm thinking a male mated with her right before laying and that can most definately break eggs like that.

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I really liked the snoopy second tortoise. :D :D Interesting and very sad. :(
 
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