So this happened yesterday.
She’s never mated, never even met another tortoise, although I’m aware this doesn’t negate egg laying, still I was bemused nonetheless to find her digging what I assume to be a nest.
Anyway, I left her to it. When I returned a while later she’d left the hole (it was pretty deep) and no eggs had been laid.
Today, she’s ignored the hole, hasn’t dug anything else and is eating, basking and being generally predictable. No pacing, aggression or other notable symptoms of being gravid.
Is this a test site? What do I do, wait it out? Get her x rayed? I have zero experience with eggs, but have heard enough horror stories of egg bound tortoises to be a little anxious.
Appreciative of any advice.
She’s never mated, never even met another tortoise, although I’m aware this doesn’t negate egg laying, still I was bemused nonetheless to find her digging what I assume to be a nest.
Anyway, I left her to it. When I returned a while later she’d left the hole (it was pretty deep) and no eggs had been laid.
Today, she’s ignored the hole, hasn’t dug anything else and is eating, basking and being generally predictable. No pacing, aggression or other notable symptoms of being gravid.
Is this a test site? What do I do, wait it out? Get her x rayed? I have zero experience with eggs, but have heard enough horror stories of egg bound tortoises to be a little anxious.
Appreciative of any advice.