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emysbreeder
at Fri Sep 12 14:29:06 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by emysbreeder ]
That nest was made by that tortoise.They "backsweep" meaning they use their FRONT legs and walk backwards sweeping the ground litter into a mound.The area they sweep can be 3-400 sf.Some spend 6 weeks or more, some three days.Sometimes they will continue to work the nest after I take the eggs.They do defend the nest.I've seen them turn over males that come around,rolling them very far from the nest with continued raming.They leave the nest anywhere from one day to two weeks after laing the eggs.I take the eggs out but always wondered what they would do if they hatched in the nest.I have put hatching eggs in a nest to see what the "parents" would do,if they would act like Crocs.They were not attracted to the nest site where I placed the hatching tortoises.I was kinda of nervice about...well...squash!
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RE: a nest mound? - emysbreeder, Fri Sep 12 14:29:06 2008