Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 12:42 pm
windsor56, as noted above, to see if your turtle has any eggs in her, gently place your index finger in the areas just in front of the hind legs. If your feel something that feels like grapes, those are the eggs. If she is retaining eggs, and she won't lay them, she really should be taken to a herp vet, who would help her expell them. If she does have eggs and they break inside her, she'll get an infection.
You didn't say how far away one is, but if you need to get her to a vet and are transporting her by car, put her in a container with a damp cloth on the bottom and and another over her so she can burrow under it. If it's dark, she'll most likely sleep and shouldn't be stressed out by the trip. (Have the temp in the car comfortable, not made too cool by the AC.)
"You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed." -Antoine de Saint Exupery-