Roxy is digging again

Catwoman63 · 24-06-2015, 05:55 PM

Roxy is digging holes round the garden with her back legs again, I had a feeling she would as she has been back to stomping around, climbing, up early etc and the most obvious walking with her backside high as she did last time before she laid....no eggs yet x

emma_mcraf · 24-06-2015, 05:58 PM

I'm excited for you, Bev!!! I have my fingers and toes all crossed for fertile eggs. x

Catwoman63 · 24-06-2015, 06:06 PM

Thanks Emma, I hope she holds out till the weekend this time so I can be here with her all the way, but I think she is desperate to lay, she even tried to dig a hole in soil that was very shallow so no good and she gave up, I did pour boiling hot water on the various holes where she had dug so that the soil is moister and hopefully ill catch her doing it again, but most of all i hope the sun stays out for her to warm up enough to lay......fingers crossed this time xxx

Eddie · 24-06-2015, 08:35 PM

I hope you manage to catch her laying, I missed the laying and only caught her covering them up. Fingers crossed they will be fertile!

Catwoman63 · 24-06-2015, 10:33 PM

Thanks Eddie, last time I caught her trying to lay her first egg in the hole she dug, I always come home for lunch and have about 30 mins to check on animals, I spotted her and didn't want to go back to work, but had to and by the time I came home 3 hours later shed had finished laying 3 eggs and had filled it back in, she was a few feet away looking exhausted, so hopefully she will start laying at lunchtime again so I can see where the eggs are going to be, otherwise I won't know x

emma_mcraf · 25-06-2015, 08:56 AM

How's Roxy doing today, Bev?

Catwoman63 · 25-06-2015, 01:34 PM

Hi Emma just come home from work and caught her filling the nest site back in right where she laid the last clutch, phew glad I was here to see where it is, I've given her some food, and when I come home from work at 5.15 I will giver her a nice long bath and dig the eggs up, this time ill wash them, and see how many she has laid this time

x

emma_mcraf · 25-06-2015, 01:46 PM

Oh well done Roxy!

Thank goodness she went back to her original nesting site and now you know where to dig. Just digging is nail-bitingly terrifying. I was so scared I'd crack the egg when I dug up Tabitha's laid egg.
I hope she's laid at least one fertile egg for you Bev. Everything is still crossed here for you. Looking forward to hearing how she's done.

alley cat · 25-06-2015, 05:16 PM

Good luck Bev, don't forget that eggs are very very slippery when wet!!

Wyannis · 25-06-2015, 05:41 PM

Good luck! I really hope you get one.

24-06-2015, 05:55 PM	#1
Catwoman63 Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: South East England Posts: 6,739	Roxy is digging again Roxy is digging holes round the garden with her back legs again, I had a feeling she would as she has been back to stomping around, climbing, up early etc and the most obvious walking with her backside high as she did last time before she laid....no eggs yet x __________________ BEV XXX 0.3.0 - T Horsfieldii (Xena, Zelda & Lilly) 2.2.0 - TG Terrestris (Zeus, Astreus / Zagreus & Alexia) 1.2.0 - Zebra Finches (Gunner / Bonnie & May) 0.1.0 - SBT (Hazel) 1.0.0 - FBD (Ted)

24-06-2015, 05:58 PM	#2
emma_mcraf Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 11,365	I'm excited for you, Bev!!! I have my fingers and toes all crossed for fertile eggs. x __________________ 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

24-06-2015, 06:06 PM	#3
Catwoman63 Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: South East England Posts: 6,739	Thanks Emma, I hope she holds out till the weekend this time so I can be here with her all the way, but I think she is desperate to lay, she even tried to dig a hole in soil that was very shallow so no good and she gave up, I did pour boiling hot water on the various holes where she had dug so that the soil is moister and hopefully ill catch her doing it again, but most of all i hope the sun stays out for her to warm up enough to lay......fingers crossed this time xxx __________________ BEV XXX 0.3.0 - T Horsfieldii (Xena, Zelda & Lilly) 2.2.0 - TG Terrestris (Zeus, Astreus / Zagreus & Alexia) 1.2.0 - Zebra Finches (Gunner / Bonnie & May) 0.1.0 - SBT (Hazel) 1.0.0 - FBD (Ted)

24-06-2015, 08:35 PM	#4
Eddie Member Hatched Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 272	I hope you manage to catch her laying, I missed the laying and only caught her covering them up. Fingers crossed they will be fertile! __________________ 3.0.0 Testudo Graeca Ibera

24-06-2015, 10:33 PM	#5
Catwoman63 Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: South East England Posts: 6,739	Thanks Eddie, last time I caught her trying to lay her first egg in the hole she dug, I always come home for lunch and have about 30 mins to check on animals, I spotted her and didn't want to go back to work, but had to and by the time I came home 3 hours later shed had finished laying 3 eggs and had filled it back in, she was a few feet away looking exhausted, so hopefully she will start laying at lunchtime again so I can see where the eggs are going to be, otherwise I won't know x __________________ BEV XXX 0.3.0 - T Horsfieldii (Xena, Zelda & Lilly) 2.2.0 - TG Terrestris (Zeus, Astreus / Zagreus & Alexia) 1.2.0 - Zebra Finches (Gunner / Bonnie & May) 0.1.0 - SBT (Hazel) 1.0.0 - FBD (Ted)

25-06-2015, 08:56 AM	#6
emma_mcraf Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 11,365	How's Roxy doing today, Bev? __________________ 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

25-06-2015, 01:34 PM	#7
Catwoman63 Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: South East England Posts: 6,739	Hi Emma just come home from work and caught her filling the nest site back in right where she laid the last clutch, phew glad I was here to see where it is, I've given her some food, and when I come home from work at 5.15 I will giver her a nice long bath and dig the eggs up, this time ill wash them, and see how many she has laid this time x __________________ BEV XXX 0.3.0 - T Horsfieldii (Xena, Zelda & Lilly) 2.2.0 - TG Terrestris (Zeus, Astreus / Zagreus & Alexia) 1.2.0 - Zebra Finches (Gunner / Bonnie & May) 0.1.0 - SBT (Hazel) 1.0.0 - FBD (Ted) Last edited by Catwoman63; 25-06-2015 at 01:40 PM.

25-06-2015, 01:46 PM	#8
emma_mcraf Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 11,365	Oh well done Roxy! Thank goodness she went back to her original nesting site and now you know where to dig. Just digging is nail-bitingly terrifying. I was so scared I'd crack the egg when I dug up Tabitha's laid egg. I hope she's laid at least one fertile egg for you Bev. Everything is still crossed here for you. Looking forward to hearing how she's done. __________________ 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

25-06-2015, 05:16 PM	#9
alley cat Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Somerset Posts: 3,150	Good luck Bev, don't forget that eggs are very very slippery when wet!!

25-06-2015, 05:41 PM	#10
Wyannis Member Hatchling Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: North East Scotland Posts: 501	Good luck! I really hope you get one.

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