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How many test holes over what time period do females usually dig before they lay their eggs? I have two females that are gravid, and both have dug test holes but did not lay. One dug a test hole Friday, skipped yesterday, and dug another today, but has already quit and gone to sleep. The other just dug one hole yesterday and is also sleeping right now.
-Steven
Mine usually don't dig any test holes per se: they typically only give up on a nest hole if they encounter an obstruction, or if they are disturbed/threatened in some way.
It's a little early in the season for nesting, too.
I don't normally have "test holes" in my captives, but I've seen it in wild turtles quite often.
It seems to me, and this is just my observation, that the nights flanking a full moon can sometimes lead to strange nesting behavior. I am lucky enough to know of a spot where I can walk trails during "the right conditions" and see a handful of nesting Eastern box turtles. The females seem to dig more false nests during the week of a full moon, which this week happens to be.
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