Re: Russian torts question.

Posted by brad on April 03, 2002 at 10:46:54:

In Reply to: Russian torts question. posted by Brett on April 03, 2002 at 10:32:01:

I have a male that behaves that way with my 3 females.

I think you should be prepared for your female to lay eggs sometime soon. I observed my male try in vain to mate with a particular female several times. She laid 3 eggs a few days ago.

I've read that females are sexually mature when they reach about 5" in shell length.

If your female can't lay, she could become egg-bound and die. To be safe you may want to prepare a tub with about 6"-8" of sand/soil mix and put her in it if she acts hyper, etc.

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