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Tuttle Care…

I have a female aquatic turtle who is just about 3 and I took her out to the garden and she dug a nesting hole, and then left. No eggs deposited. Can anyone tell me if
A) a female non-Gravid turtle digs nests?
B) how to easily tell if she is gravid? She doesn’t really let me pick her up without swiping a lot and I don’t want to break any eggs she may have…
 

MadReefer

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They can lay not fertile eggs. There is away to tell if gravid but 3 inches is way to small for mating. Probably digging for food.
 

MadReefer

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In that case could be. Can you stick your finger between the shell towards back leg?
My son did this with his to see if gravid.
 

Mark_C

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Chameleons will do this as well. I currently have a male panther, but its always advised that if you have a female, you provide a laying bin for her in the bottom of the enclosure so she can instinctively dig, even if not gravid.
 
I have a bin and she hates it. I took her to thhe garden this morning and she dug another nest. This time she dug it for real, and sealed it up. But I didn’t see any deposited eggs and when I carefully excavated it I found nothing.
 
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