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Just moved some of my Russians to one of the new deeper kiddie pools...
went out to check on them today as it's getting cooler (moved redfoot back inside today) and saw my largest female digging a hole about as deep as the length of her body. I'm not sure if she was just burrowing or practicing digging. When I first got her, the people said that she had laid before, but never dug, just on top and they were crushed by the time they got to them.
After seeing that, I was checking on the others and saw my smallest female of the larger group digging, really digging. Exciting! hopefully I will be able to use my Hovabator soon!
I've always wondered if a female had eggs inside but conditions weren't right to lay (not deep enough, too small of an enclosure, too many others around bothering her) will she just drop them on substrate or will she hold them inside, potentially harming herself?
I'm reading around past threads but also any quick tips on hovabator setup with a substrate, humidity, temp, adding water, using plastic container, holes in it/covered, etc would be helpful.
went out to check on them today as it's getting cooler (moved redfoot back inside today) and saw my largest female digging a hole about as deep as the length of her body. I'm not sure if she was just burrowing or practicing digging. When I first got her, the people said that she had laid before, but never dug, just on top and they were crushed by the time they got to them.
After seeing that, I was checking on the others and saw my smallest female of the larger group digging, really digging. Exciting! hopefully I will be able to use my Hovabator soon!
I've always wondered if a female had eggs inside but conditions weren't right to lay (not deep enough, too small of an enclosure, too many others around bothering her) will she just drop them on substrate or will she hold them inside, potentially harming herself?
I'm reading around past threads but also any quick tips on hovabator setup with a substrate, humidity, temp, adding water, using plastic container, holes in it/covered, etc would be helpful.