General Care Discussion :: Is she possibly gravid?

[lunabebe4]

It is 730 am and all night long momo has scared me awake with a thudding sound on her basking area and I just ignored looking and heard her fly back into the water lol. But since I was hearing the sound over and over and I'm getting grumpy lol I turn around and start watching her.

She is trying to climb up the wall of her basking area( which is egg crate) and escape.

Momo is female and about a good 6-7 inches now.

She has no male tank mate, but is it possible she is holdng eggs and I need to start a nesting box?

Oh btw, momo has had a lot of alone time lately since I'm only at this house half of the week, so I never pick her up much any more. Although this summer I was taking her outside to a pool. And I took her out a month ago for photos. Anyways to get to the point she used to freak out and try and bite me for a few seconds then stop, but when I picked her up just now and was freaking out kicking like crazy and was peeing all over my floor so I put her back of course.

[lunabebe4]

Is it possible she is lonely? Yet I thought they don't get lonely, maybe I'm wrong.

[rsour24]

to me it sounds like she will lay soon. i would build a nesting area if i were you. i know there are pics on here of nesting areas, i remember one i really liked it was like mulch/dirt/sand mixed together in like a sandbox and in the middle was a little like 8 gallon bin for the turtle to get in the water. u could just add a simple one to ur tank though haha

[Callie]

That rather sounds like my George..she's been crazily trying to escape her tank...succeeding tonight unfortunately...
She's ok.

But I have no idea what's going on with her either...

[steve]

Have your tried to gently feel for eggs?

Does this restless behavior occur at the same time daily? Is she responsive to you during this time?

[lunabebe4]

I tried feeling for eggs and felt nothing, she has not been doing it since I have been home. I was gone for a week. I think she was just seeing if it was possible lol

[scripta_elegans]

Spike tries to escape about every other time she goes up to bask. I have had her checked twice by the vet now thinking she might be ready for eggs, but she hasn't had any yet. I do have the components for a nesting box, but I think th escape attempts are normal behavior.

[Lilsaint]

How do you feel for eggs?

[vear]

My turtle tries to climb out all the time (he can't though).... and it's a male. I think it's just a turtle thing. haha.

[jozzep]

How do you feel for eggs?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gdIX8wI ... re=related

[wadd]

Site called Tortoisetrust web click articles, then captive breeding, then nesting sites, it has good info on egg laying turtles.