Tons of questions going through my head looking for all advice and opinions.
I have a female 3 toed box turtle named Rubber Ducky, and a Male named Bert. They have successfully Matted a few times (meaning they have been "stuck" together for lack of a better term) this was about 4 and a half weeks ago. near the beginning of May.
Since the first mating, she has been spending hours at a time outside in her pen, until the May 24 weekend in which she has been outside full time. I thought when I came home the one day that there had been an area that was covered in fur bark around the large water bowl outside a patch of the bark was in the water bowl and there was an area that looked like it was covered up with dirt. I dug about 6" down but found nothing.
There have been other area's she has spent time in where I thought maybe there was a nest but again no eggs found.
I'm looking for help, how do I tell if she has eggs? OR how do I tell if she had them and now doesn't?
Is there anything else I can add to her pen to give here an ideal place to lay her eggs?
Roughly how long would it take for her to dig a nest lay eggs and cover it up?
would she be more likely to lay at night or in the morning??
sorry for all the questions I've never breed box turtles but I'm super excited.
I have a female 3 toed box turtle named Rubber Ducky, and a Male named Bert. They have successfully Matted a few times (meaning they have been "stuck" together for lack of a better term) this was about 4 and a half weeks ago. near the beginning of May.
Since the first mating, she has been spending hours at a time outside in her pen, until the May 24 weekend in which she has been outside full time. I thought when I came home the one day that there had been an area that was covered in fur bark around the large water bowl outside a patch of the bark was in the water bowl and there was an area that looked like it was covered up with dirt. I dug about 6" down but found nothing.
There have been other area's she has spent time in where I thought maybe there was a nest but again no eggs found.
I'm looking for help, how do I tell if she has eggs? OR how do I tell if she had them and now doesn't?
Is there anything else I can add to her pen to give here an ideal place to lay her eggs?
Roughly how long would it take for her to dig a nest lay eggs and cover it up?
would she be more likely to lay at night or in the morning??
sorry for all the questions I've never breed box turtles but I'm super excited.