i'm not sure how old she is


we have been putting our hands in the cage everyday touching her "spikes" and she seems to like that, she didnt like it the first couple of days but now shes getting used to us, should we keep doing stuff like that so she gets used to use touching her?

this might sound stupid but...do females need males to lay eggs? or do they lay them and the male fertalizes them? i guess i never was told about birds and eggs.