Ouch! Gertrude

alley cat · 21-04-2012, 06:39 PM

Look what Gertrude did today

2 eggs= 23g & 24g clever girl

JoesMum · 21-04-2012, 06:40 PM

That's lovely

Easter Bunny · 21-04-2012, 06:41 PM

Congratulations! Great photos x

cherylahutch · 21-04-2012, 07:04 PM

That looks painful cleaver Torty tho congrats look forward to the baby tort pics

Ozric Jonathan · 21-04-2012, 07:41 PM

Good work!

emma_mcraf · 21-04-2012, 08:45 PM

Well done, Gertrude!!

alley cat · 21-04-2012, 10:00 PM

Thank you all, Gertrude had been a bit quiet for a couple of days so I thought I would add a spot lamp above the nest mound, I checked again about 1 1/2 hours later and she had dug a big hole already! I thought they were meant to pace and get aggitated when due to lay but she was the opposite, afterwards though she seemed a bit pushy with the others

Anyway I am so excited, I hope I get hatchlings this year

Fred123 · 21-04-2012, 10:03 PM

Well done Gertrude, how big was her nest mound?

burnt toast · 21-04-2012, 10:11 PM

Oh well done Gurtrude! I have a Gurtrude who is the opposite all day yesterday & today she has been agitated, barging into inanimate objects so I think laying is imminent. Hope they are fertile Alison.

alley cat · 21-04-2012, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Fred123

Well done Gertrude, how big was her nest mound?

Well it is more of a slope of earth in the corner of the greenhouse, we put some wood behind to add height so actually it is much deeper than they need it, then I put some of that wavy green lawn edging stuff round the bottom so that the other torts dont keep wandering on it, so it is more effort than normal to climb over that bit to access the laying site, the spot light must have just got it to the right heat today!

21-04-2012, 06:39 PM	#1
alley cat Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Somerset Posts: 3,150	Ouch! Gertrude Look what Gertrude did today 2 eggs= 23g & 24g clever girl

21-04-2012, 06:40 PM	#2
JoesMum Member Hatchling Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Kent Posts: 717	That's lovely __________________ 1.0.0 Testudo Graeca Graeca (Mediterranean Spur Thigh) raised from very small and approximately 50 years old.

21-04-2012, 06:41 PM	#3
Easter Bunny Senior Member Adult Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Kent Posts: 5,337	Congratulations! Great photos x __________________ Lynne x

21-04-2012, 07:04 PM	#4
cherylahutch Senior Member Adult Join Date: May 2011 Location: Northumberland Posts: 2,170	That looks painful cleaver Torty tho congrats look forward to the baby tort pics __________________ Proud owner of Elvis, Padme, Bella,Ruby and Daisy the Horsfields, Mork and Mindi the Indian stars, Toby and Scarlett the Redfoots Yoshi and Cleopatra the Egyptians and Sam the Labrador. .

21-04-2012, 07:41 PM	#5
Ozric Jonathan Senior Member Adult Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: West of Scotland Posts: 4,226	Good work! __________________ Testudo Hermanni Hermanni (Corse) tortoises

21-04-2012, 08:45 PM	#6
emma_mcraf Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 11,365	Well done, Gertrude!! __________________ Emma Testudo Hermanni 5.12.2:Theo, Tamara, Tabitha, Harriet, Isabelle, Clara, Oscar, Hugo, Oliver, Florence, Arabella, Esmé, Aurelia, Felicia, Claudia, Atticus, Celestia, Amaris, Tristan and Clementine Budgies: Jasper, Ivo, Otis, Henry, Louie and Luca Doggies: 1.1.0 Chester and Lottie

21-04-2012, 10:00 PM	#7
alley cat Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Somerset Posts: 3,150	Thank you all, Gertrude had been a bit quiet for a couple of days so I thought I would add a spot lamp above the nest mound, I checked again about 1 1/2 hours later and she had dug a big hole already! I thought they were meant to pace and get aggitated when due to lay but she was the opposite, afterwards though she seemed a bit pushy with the others Anyway I am so excited, I hope I get hatchlings this year

21-04-2012, 10:03 PM	#8
Fred123 Member Hatched Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 407	Well done Gertrude, how big was her nest mound?

21-04-2012, 10:11 PM	#9
burnt toast Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 5,245	Oh well done Gurtrude! I have a Gurtrude who is the opposite all day yesterday & today she has been agitated, barging into inanimate objects so I think laying is imminent. Hope they are fertile Alison.

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