Our RES Crush is about 17ish years old. We adopted her from someone who didn't give her adequate food, or having a basking area, or warm water (and also thought she, was a he, and clearly I was right about that, haha) . We think she basically lived in hibernation! She was about 12 yrs and only about 2in in diameter. She is now about 7in in shell length. She is active and loves to eat. Last month she started to try to get out of her tank like crazy. Odd for her. So fast forward to today...there were 2 (what we are assuming) were eggs in her tank! So we run to Turtle Talk. It says to get her an egg laying area. So questions...
1) How hard is it to tell if there are more eggs? She isn't really fond of being held and messed with!
2) How long can I leave her in the nesting area? Does it need to be connected to water somehow?
3) Do I feed her while shes in the nesting area? I didn't think you were supposed to feed them not in water.
HELP and Thanks!!!
Christine