TLDR: He doesn't "patrol" or move around much at all, and I don't know if I should be concerned...
Trying to figure out if this is a "its just him" thing, or if he's still adjusting and/or doesn't like his space. Should I just assume this is how he wants to be, and leave him alone, or try to do something to make him "happier" (more comfortable? whatever is the tort equivalent of "happy.")?
I've had Fezzik about 3 months now (~5(??) yo, 4.5" male Russian, ~1lb, that had been living largely unattended with another Russian and a Redfoot in someone's yard for a few years before he came my way). His outdoor enclosure is split into two sections, 4' x 10' fully enclosed, and 8' x 10' open area (tho the plants are beginning to grow in). There is a door between them that is open during the day, and he's fully enclosed at night - his night box is in that section under the sun screen. He **never** chooses to leave the smaller area and go into the larger area, but also within his enclosed area, he also doesn't move much. He suns himself in spot A or spot B (marked in photos), then in the afternoon he moves into the deep shaded area, and around sunset he either goes into his night box, or digs himself into the deep substrate I have in and around the night box (and then gets moved by me into his night box if he didn't go there himself).
But literally those are the ONLY spots he moves to and he just sits there all day. He does go to his food bowl once a day, and eats maybe 2/3 of what I put out, though if I also put food in front of him, he'll happily eat that as well. Also he has no problem moving at all - if I put him in the larger section, makes a bee-line back to his happy place in the smaller section, in one of his pre-approved, two day spots. He may stop to nibble the young growth plants, but otherwise, he just moseys over to his sun spots.
A note about temps, the deep shaded area thus far has stayed in the 80s during the day (and he can dig down into substrate kept cool/moist), and the night box is kept in the 70s at night, daytime temps in the sun are easily 95+. He gets soaked several times a week, and I keep his night box substrate sprayed down. There is also a very cool comfy humid hide in the big area that he has checked out a couple of times if I put him down near it, but he doesn't stay there all that long, he always goes back to his happy spots in the little area.
I hear people talk about Russians needing space, needing to patrol, checking out their territory - seriously I feel like this guy would be just as happy in a 2' x 3' box for all that he seems interested in the space around him...
So, do some Russians not like moving/patrolling, or is there something else I should do?
Trying to figure out if this is a "its just him" thing, or if he's still adjusting and/or doesn't like his space. Should I just assume this is how he wants to be, and leave him alone, or try to do something to make him "happier" (more comfortable? whatever is the tort equivalent of "happy.")?
I've had Fezzik about 3 months now (~5(??) yo, 4.5" male Russian, ~1lb, that had been living largely unattended with another Russian and a Redfoot in someone's yard for a few years before he came my way). His outdoor enclosure is split into two sections, 4' x 10' fully enclosed, and 8' x 10' open area (tho the plants are beginning to grow in). There is a door between them that is open during the day, and he's fully enclosed at night - his night box is in that section under the sun screen. He **never** chooses to leave the smaller area and go into the larger area, but also within his enclosed area, he also doesn't move much. He suns himself in spot A or spot B (marked in photos), then in the afternoon he moves into the deep shaded area, and around sunset he either goes into his night box, or digs himself into the deep substrate I have in and around the night box (and then gets moved by me into his night box if he didn't go there himself).
But literally those are the ONLY spots he moves to and he just sits there all day. He does go to his food bowl once a day, and eats maybe 2/3 of what I put out, though if I also put food in front of him, he'll happily eat that as well. Also he has no problem moving at all - if I put him in the larger section, makes a bee-line back to his happy place in the smaller section, in one of his pre-approved, two day spots. He may stop to nibble the young growth plants, but otherwise, he just moseys over to his sun spots.
A note about temps, the deep shaded area thus far has stayed in the 80s during the day (and he can dig down into substrate kept cool/moist), and the night box is kept in the 70s at night, daytime temps in the sun are easily 95+. He gets soaked several times a week, and I keep his night box substrate sprayed down. There is also a very cool comfy humid hide in the big area that he has checked out a couple of times if I put him down near it, but he doesn't stay there all that long, he always goes back to his happy spots in the little area.
I hear people talk about Russians needing space, needing to patrol, checking out their territory - seriously I feel like this guy would be just as happy in a 2' x 3' box for all that he seems interested in the space around him...
So, do some Russians not like moving/patrolling, or is there something else I should do?