At the beginning of breeding season (about 2 months ago) I tracked her daily to collect her eggs and I only got 4. She lays such tiny narrow eggs, I dont think its easy for her. Theres still at least 2 months of warm weather left but the girls are clearly over it. In her favourite nesting spots I have found tiny little quail sized eggs that the snakes dont even bother to steal. Of course, it is so hot in the Auzzie summer its not cold enough to kill the eggs even at night, and I have thought she's going to appear out of the bushes with babies at some point, but when I was incubating her eggs and brooding her one daughter she hung around the laundry like she was checking my work.
Just as I was complaining about territory issues with the fox, a stray cat started coming in beating up my girls! I cat rescue, so Im sympathetic, but this guy is not starving (may even have a home) and sneaking in and beating up my cats is not how to ask for refugee status around here! I said last night if I had a gun there would be bullet holes in a few nasty characters around here....We arent in a rural enough area to apply, they are really cracking down on property gun rules. My partner wants to get me a bow.
