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Our 25 year old male Sonoran Desert tortoise is showing obvious female behavior. We are sure he is a male due to having him to the Phoenix Herpetological's reptile veterinarian, and he confirming Tortellina is a boy It's also very OBVIOUS he is definitely a he. (His name is a long story... Tortellina was given to us by a friend who assumed he was a she, hence the name Tortellina) Anyway.... for the past week, he has been digging holes WITH HIS BACK FEET, just like our female Russian does prior to laying eggs. Tortellina has dug several of these "test" holes... does anybody know if males sometimes dig the holes for the females in the Desert species? Tortellina lives alone, no mate.
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