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sandy 17-03-2020 11:58 AM

An eggy female
 
One of my females just out of hibernation is eggy I am sure, as she is bashing one of the other females. Male is seperated.
So those who think tortoise dont carry eggs in hibernation could be in for a shock:0)

Yvonne G 17-03-2020 03:53 PM

Or it just might be she's looking for breeding???

I had a Manouria emys phayrei that turned into a bully when she was looking to have her eggs fertilized. After she was bred, she began the task of nest building.

sandy 17-03-2020 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Yvonne G (Post 678348)
Or it just might be she's looking for breeding???

I had a Manouria emys phayrei that turned into a bully when she was looking to have her eggs fertilized. After she was bred, she began the task of nest building.

I am 99% sure she is eggy, as my other females have done this in the past. She is generally so docile.

Gordon 17-03-2020 07:34 PM

I have had both Herman's and iberas lay within a week of waking up and all the eggs were infertile, so how do these complexed little animal's know that they will not have time to lay so there for dont fertilise the eggs.
Both the females laid fertile eggs before and after those infertile ones.

sandy 17-03-2020 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Gordon (Post 678350)
I have had both Herman's and iberas lay within a week of waking up and all the eggs were infertile, so how do these complexed little animal's know that they will not have time to lay so there for dont fertilise the eggs.
Both the females laid fertile eggs before and after those infertile ones.

I have had both infertile and fertile eggs from my females. I must just be lucky:0)

emma_mcraf 17-03-2020 08:13 PM

Let us know how she gets on please, Sandy. Hope she lays soon and settles back down.

burnt toast 17-03-2020 09:54 PM

I have often had hand fulls of eggs on the very day (admittedly it was a beautiful sunny day) from my old Hermanns. They have never been fertile.

emma_mcraf 18-03-2020 09:28 AM

One of my females laid five eggs three weeks ago and they are infertile too.
She was housed with a male before I had her, but I’ve almost had her for three years now so wasn’t expecting eggs from her. I know that they can have fertile eggs around three years after mating, but thought she’d have laid before now.


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