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Originally Posted by GemmaD
I wondered if I could please ask for some advice about one of my adult female tortoises? She weighs over 2 kg and I have introduced her to our adult male this spring. For a couple of weeks now, our usually quite and gentle tortoise has been butting and mounting the other tortoises. I assumed that might be because she's getting ready to lay but she's shown no interest in digging anywhere. They live in a greenhouse with an outside run and I've set up an area of deep, loosened top soil, with a slight slope underneath the lamps. Is there anything else I should do? Is it beginning to get too late in the year to lay now? Thank you for your help!
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My females do the same when they are gravid (carrying eggs) they particularly mount other females. One other sign when they are really ready is they start to swim on the lawn or soil, this is testing the soil for nesting by rotating round their back legs. Now a lot of keepers say build nests with heat etc, well my females must be different, as two will lay eggs in the lawn, near edging of slabs or other object such as my whirly pole:0) Two will on the odd occasion in the soil of the GH. I dont know where you are but my females once are eggy will pace around the garden and do the swimming thing. They can trial dig nests too (they can be really fussy) but it has to be warm enough for them to do this. So next week might be the time:0) As temps are supposed to be higher.