I have the same situation. My slider is around 12 years old, I took her to the vet thinking she had a gravel impaction, turns out she has 6 or 7 eggs to lay. I bought a black plastic pre-formed pond from my local Home Depot chain store for $125 back in May, I've had her in it all summer. I brought that into my basement, put a box of sand/soil mix with a hot light over it on one side and I'm patiently waiting for something to happen. The vet told me that when her activity and eating really slow down I may be doing the shots to induce egg-laying. She's gone in and out of the sand box a few times a day, just for a few minutes. I think you just have to play with the set up, because the females can be really fussy about where they lay, and reject everything you give them, then either lay in the water or hold them and they need surgery to get them out. All you can do is try and satisfy them, but no guarantees! Hope things happen soon for you and I.

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