this tuesday I will be getting a gravid 3 toed box, she's being shipped from chicago(to NW Massachusetts), I'm not 100% sure she is gravid(the guy I'm getting her from said she is) but just to be safe I've been making sure I have everything I need to incubate and what not, I have one question for you all right now, when she arrives and settles down a little (if she is infact gravid) will the stress make her lay or will she hold out till she's settled in and with the other turtles?
I have her temp. set up ready for her, theres a spot with about 2" of dirt I'm sure thats not deep enough for eggs, if I see her testing the dirt should I give her a "nest box"?
oops thats 2 questions <g>
Thanks for taking the time to ready this!
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Expecting a new mom?
Rouen
Jun 29, 2003 01:17 PM
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nathana
Jun 30, 2003 01:57 PM
if you are keeping her indoors, it's difficult to say what will happen with a gravid female. Females that stress are LESS likely to lay, not more likely. If you have to keep her indoors, and you can palpate her and verify she is gravid, I'd put together a large bin of deep sand/soil mix compacted as hard as you can and moistened. Put her in it in the afternoon and move her back to her home in the morning. Check her for eggs daily and you'll know when she's dropped. If she's not too stressed she might nest normaly in the bin, leaving you to dig through the whole thing to find them, but leaving her healthy. If she's too stressed she'll likely drop them one at a time over a while, possibly eat them or lay them in water dishes.
