Boxie laid an egg

[Dreamwallaby]

So my boxie laid an egg, she hasn't seen a male since at least last spring if she ever saw one. Could it still be fertile? I know they can store sperm pretty long but they can also lay eggs without breeding jut like chickens right?

 

[Millerlite]

They can store sperm for years. And yes they will lay eggs that arnt fertile, was it above ground? I would try and incubate it either way

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

Incubate the egg. I've always been taught to incubate until the egg stinks, then, and only then are you to throw it out.

 

[terryo]

I agree. You might get a nice surprise.

 

[Dreamwallaby]

It was right on too of the dirt but I'm incubating it

 

[Michael in MO]

So my boxie laid an egg, she hasn't seen a male since at least last spring if she ever saw one. Could it still be fertile? I know they can store sperm pretty long but they can also lay eggs without breeding jut like chickens right?

I would be more concerned that she surfaced laid a single egg.. I've never had less than 4. You should try to create a nesting area for her and increase her calcium..

 

[RedFootMomma]

My boxie, Gloria, lays a single egg then steps on it : ( she's about 32 years old, so I've never tried incubating. ??

 

[Michael in MO]

My boxie, Gloria, lays a single egg then steps on it : ( she's about 32 years old, so I've never tried incubating. ??

HA! I've got opportunitic turtles if there's a surface laid egg it's promptly eaten

 

[Dreamwallaby]

How do I create a nesting spot? The egg has turned out to be fertile. she laid 2 more, all surface. She laid them a week apart? She has a cuttlebone but doesn't eat it :/