Hi. I am aware of one female tortoise which had to have its ovaries removed back in the late 1980's and is still alive today. This was a female Madagascar Ploughshare Tortoise on which the Honolulu Zoo staff was performing artificial insemination in an attempt to produce babies. The ill-fated and ridiculous idea resulted in one live birth, but one of the two male tortoises died from an infected penis, and this female lost the ability to reproduce forever due to its ovaries becoming infected and subsequently having to be removed.

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• anybody ever have a tortoise spayed??? - unchikun, Tue May 13 14:52:53 2008
• RE: anybody ever have a tortoise spayed??? - zovick, Wed May 14 16:56:27 2008
• RE: anybody ever have a tortoise spayed??? - EJ, Wed May 14 21:28:26 2008
• RE: anybody ever have a tortoise spayed? - unchikun, Wed May 14 21:57:58 2008
• RE: anybody ever have a tortoise spayed? - zovick, Wed May 14 23:54:46 2008
• RE: anybody ever have a tortoise spayed? - unchikun, Thu May 15 08:23:34 2008
• I would also argue against it - mayday, Thu May 15 16:03:48 2008
• RE: I would also argue against it - zovick, Thu May 15 16:56:12 2008
• RE: I would also argue against it - emysbreeder, Sun May 18 00:16:29 2008
• I have to laugh - mayday, Sun May 18 07:37:32 2008
• RE: I have to laugh - renardv74, Mon May 19 07:57:45 2008
• RE: I have to laugh - emysbreeder, Mon May 19 09:30:57 2008
• RE: I have to laugh - EJ, Mon May 19 11:20:02 2008
• RE: I have to laugh - emysbreeder, Wed May 21 10:16:46 2008
• I agree but.... - mayday, Wed May 21 13:10:07 2008
• ouch !!!...RE: I agree but.... - kayt, Thu May 22 00:56:23 2008
• imagine....RE: I agree but.... - kayt, Thu May 22 01:25:17 2008
• RE: I agree but.... - EJ, Thu May 22 10:34:54 2008
• a Zee & twO nOughs; STUD:RE:iliketolaugh - kayt, Wed May 21 11:22:18 2008
• a Zee & twO nOughs - unchikun, Wed May 21 19:34:43 2008
• RE: a Zee & twO nOughs - kayt, Thu May 22 00:31:42 2008
• RE: anybody ever have a tortoise spayed? - renardv74, Thu May 15 03:47:14 2008
• RE: anybody ever have a tortoise spayed??? - steffke, Thu May 15 05:37:57 2008
• RE: anybody ever have a tortoise spayed? - unchikun, Thu May 15 08:28:56 2008
• RE: anybody ever have a tortoise spayed? - EJ, Mon May 19 11:23:13 2008
• RE: anybody ever have a tortoise spayed? - unchikun, Tue May 20 08:00:41 2008
• A few days late to this post! - florafauna, Tue May 20 01:18:20 2008
• RE: A few days late to this post! - unchikun, Tue May 20 07:59:37 2008
• RE: A few days late to this post! - emysbreeder, Thu May 22 22:39:11 2008