Hi guys
Because some of you told me that you are too impatient to wait for another month of Kame’s Gravid Moment Saga…I decide to share it again in the middle of the month.
This mini series (copying Binky’s term) has 6 parts…I hope you all will enjoy it till the last episode.
I should remind you that this is a repost from my own blog, Polychrome Interest. Kame had passed away earlier this year, this is a story that took place from June 26 (Friday)toJune 30 (Tuesday), 2009.
Part 1 is here>> Gravid Kame Part 1
On Friday, after seeing the video (previous post), I tried to find soil for Kame’s sand. Just a bit of sand made Kame eager to dig. I was so HAPPY. After 2-3hours, she stopped and I put her back to her water tank. At night, I did the same thing again, she started digging without any hesitation…but when I came to see her, she was sleeping on her nesting box.
On Saturday, things started to change! I put Kame into her box early in the morning, instead of digging she was trying hard to climb out of her box…What?? What’s wrong Kame?? I let her inside the box for 2hours and she didn’t do any digging 
. I asked about it in redearslider.com and someone told me that I should put a light on top of her nesting box so that she can fells the warmth for her eggs. It didn’t work!!! Kame was doing nothing but trying to get out. When I let her out…she started digging on the floor.
On Sunday, I put the box under the sun to warm it up. When Kame started digging the floor, I lifted her up and put her inside her nesting box…and voila, she continued digging the soil. I didn’t touch her and left her alone but after 3hours she got bored and stopped digging. The she started climbing up. In the evening, she dug the floor again and I moved her back into her box and she didn’t do what she had done in the morning. All she does was trying to get out.
At this point…I give up, I rest this thing on the hand of Allah…all I could do now is to pray that she’ll do it in the water. If it doesn’t work (in other words, if Allah said differently) I’m preparing my heart and my mind to lose her…I’m preparing to hold myself together if the worse ever happen (I pray to Allah it will never happen)…Amien.
Today is Tuesday, 10 days after she showed the signs of being gravid and no eggs have come out of her…I’m crying inside. The joy I felt when knowing she was going to nest had turned into a deep sorrow. Will the one I love the most leave me so soon? I pray a thousand prays to Allah to keep her by my side longer than these wonderful 3years.
You might not know this fact> a turtle that kept their egg inside will cause an infection and can make the turtle die unless a surgery to take the egg out is done.
Next part will be on December 23
Novroz
Kroten
Kurome
Papoe
Kame (R.I.P)
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Oh don’t say that. Now you are going to keep me waiting till 23rd
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Mollie and Alfie
Thank you for reading the story Mollie and Alfie…but so sorry to make you wait. I am building a tension here
I pray that she is ok!
I can say that she was okay, Caren.
Remember, she lived on till 2012
That’s quite a story. I’m sure it must have been very frustrating and upsetting at the time. Sometimes we just don’t know enough to know what to do to help.
very frustrating indeed!
I was hopeless at that time and tried to accept whatever would happen with open heart.
That’s very hard to do when it concerns someone you love.
Indeed!! Plus she didn’t look in pain but I know it was a dangerous condition for her.
I am learning so much here..Kame’s story has me hooked
Thank you Gizmo
When I first did my repost, I didn’t think it interests people as it hardly gains any reader in my own blog. I guess it’s a good thing I repost it
You sure are building up the tension – I can’t wait to read the rest of the story, but I guess I’m going to have to be patient!
Hope you’re having a fun day
Your pal Snoopy
Thank you for being patient, Snoopy
That gravid moment was one of the most intense moment of kame’s life
Novroz, my mom & I left you and your four friends a gift on our blog today…Hope you like it!
Hi Gizmo
a gift for us? yeaaa…we’ll be there in a moment
This repost was new to me…Fascinating…Can’t wait till Dec. 23. Take care and thanks for opening my eyes to turtles!
Hi Loy
Thank you for reading it and I am glad it gives you new insight about turtle
I have my tank set up so my turtles can climb up and out of the tank whenever they like… they climb into a sandy basking area under a heat lamp. Im guessing she doesnt want anyone to know where she lays her eggs…. not sure though
I once found an empty egg shell in my tank… she would have to be really scared to become egg bound, im sure she’ll release them when the time is right!!
sry bout all the comments… keep thinking of stuff to write.. lol
dont know how to post video/photos but here is a link if you have facebook…
here is a video of my turtles…
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151300409985140
and couple pics…
2 months… + 2years
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/photo.php?fbid=10151236595775140#!/media/set/?set=a.10150429092165140.407830.628025139&type=1
hope those work
Hi Brian
don’t worry bout the comments…I think all that you have written is very important
you have a sandy basking?? wouldn’t the sand make the water dirty?
I can’t open the link you gave me…I am using my mobile now, will try it again when I Turn on my PC
Novroz did ur turtle flutering before?
Yes, you’ve seen it in the video, right?
Anyway what to get if my turtle are laying eggs?
If you read the first part of this post and also this one, you’ll know what to prepare when turtles are about to lay eggs
Hey.. I have inch sized rocks at the bottom of my tank and the sand settles to the bottom, I remove the sand only when i do a complete tank cleaning every two months or so. The sand im using ive washed thoroughly… and unless the turtles go back in the tank before drying off they dont drag much in….
Ah…I see.
I don’t have time to clean the sand (if I put them in the tank)
You have more patient than me
Hey Kroten, Hey Papoe, Hey Kurome, Jet here. Hi Miss Novroz.
OMD, we did not know that about turtles and their reproductive cycle. You did so many things to help Kame…
Hi Jet.
I have to…if I could help her, I would…just like all moms
I know that feeling. But not all gravid turtle show those signs too.
She was gravid because I could feel her eggs in the gap between her thigh and her shell
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