I have no stories of lovey dovey torts to share but this publication would certainly disagree with you. In the study a great amount of success was had with classical and operant conditioning using both a feeding response as well as tactile stimuli. Just something to consider before you start...
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I would like to preface my post by saying I am relatively new to keeping torts however what I am about to explain is a very general husbandry lesson more keepers need to learn especially for animals with hydration demands. I have a hatchling Hermann who is doing splendidly. However I...