What DOES your tortoise do all day?!

KarenSoCal

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Mine comes out of his burrow, eats, goes back in his burrow, comes out, eats, goes back in.

My question is...what does he do in his burrow? Can anything sleep that much? Sometimes I think he has a TV down there and watches Animal Planet or Nat Geo all day long!
 

Lime pickle

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Mine comes out of his burrow, eats, goes back in his burrow, comes out, eats, goes back in.

My question is...what does he do in his burrow? Can anything sleep that much? Sometimes I think he has a TV down there and watches Animal Planet or Nat Geo all day long!
Mine comes out of his burrow, eats, goes back in his burrow, comes out, eats, goes back in.

My question is...what does he do in his burrow? Can anything sleep that much? Sometimes I think he has a TV down there and watches Animal Planet or Nat Geo all day long!
Well mine does his knitting and a crossword puzzle and write letters to his family back in Africa !!
 

KarenSoCal

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Well mine does his knitting and a crossword puzzle and write letters to his family back in Africa !!
A much more energetic tort than mine. But mine is a CDT, only around 13-15 years old. It takes a lot of energy to be a teenager and get all those hormones going. He's worn out just trying to be a man!
 

ClydesMom

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We are in Arizona so Clyde does the normal eat, sleep and poop when it's the hot part of the day, but he also likes to come out and sun himself with his legs sticking out behind him in the morning and late afternoon when the sun isn't so strong. I can't find it, but there is a photo of Clyde laying next to our Pitt Bull George in the sun with their legs sticking out. We call it "Frog Dogging". He also likes to walk around following me or the dogs in the field eating clover or if we just irrigated he loves to plow through the water and pretend he is swimming... I have a video, but it won't up load, he LOVES water so I think he is probably the most hydrated desert tortoise ever. LOL! He loves to just hang out with us (he is still small, around 14" front to back his shell) so if we are out, he is out (his choice). He REALLY loves just walking around, so as long as he is supervised he has 1 1/3 acres to explore to his hearts desire, unsupervised he has his "tortoise yard" that has lots of shady spots, clover and plants he can eat.
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puffinboots

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I have put a load of grass cuttings in their paddock. They are having great fun burrowing into it & making mounds to climb on. Every afternoon at 5 pm after the sun is slightly less fierce I water the trees that grow in the paddock , spray them with water & they indulge in the muddy mess that is produced. I am sure they like me watching them, although I will not feed them again until tomorrow morning. If I should go & look at them after dark they will all be tucked up in their houses.
 
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