behavior

Attached is a video of Doomsday on his way outside. We worked together and came to the agreement that when he walks into the orange box he gets outside time. You see me adjusting the box a bit after he starts walking toward it because it was at an angle and didn’t want him to slide out.

My 17 year old female has been acting odd the last couple of days. Walking around aimlessly, uninterested in food, and stopping periodically to dig. She is NOT a digger! A mild nester, but not a digger. At first, I just thought she was complaining about how fast it got hot this year, but today...

I changed my sulcatas enclosure about 3 days ago. Everything in it is the exact same. The only change I made was to his burrow. Still used the same material and everything he had before. I just made it a little deeper to help keep him cooler during the day(I made it myself since the day I got...

Hey guys it’s been a while. My tortoise Normie is now 4 years old. He’s about 30lb and is bigger than a basketball. We moved up north in California about 4 weeks ago. He now has twice the yard with grasses and trees. He’s been staying outside in he’s heated house for years now but since we...

Totally forgot how to post on this forum, sorry for making 2 posts. Here is my conversation I started about a concern I have about my tortoise's urination behavior. https://tortoiseforum.org/conversations/concerning-peeing-behavior.161332/#convMessage-289652

hi everyone i have a 4 month old russian tortoise and we got her 2 days ago. i just wanted to ask some questions based on what sort of behaviour they should exhibit? she sleeps a lot during the day but she will roam, she burrows and scratches at the wall but it looks like she’s digging down...

So, I got two male Russian tortoises from PetSmart a few days ago, and both of them look happy and healthy so far. I separated them into different enclosure because I noticed that they did not get along in the same enclosure when they were in PetSmart. Now I noticed something that is wrong...

OK, I finally have a relatively decent "work in progress" outdoor enclosure set up for my Russian tortoise, Fezzik (4'5" long, guessing 4ish years), which has an enclosed/predator safe "night" area, and a larger day area (with door between). Right now he is only out during the day, and still in...

Hi! I have a Herman’s tortoise who is only one year old, and we currently bathe him once every two days, as advised. The water is always no higher than his chin, and the water temperature is always the same, as it comes out of a controlled tap. We have had him for 8 weeks now, and he normally...

Hi all, My little Hermann was moved into her new table today and she seems very happy, however I had a right panic when I couldn't find her anywhere! Long story short, she had fully buried herself under the soil beneath her UVB Combi Bulb and I just wanted to make sure this is normal...

hey everyone, I have my baby for about a month now. He (assuming its a he) is still a literal baby. Normally once I turn out the lights at night he just goes to sleep, however tonight I noticed he was kinda just sitting there. He wasn't sleeping because his eyes were open but he wasn't moving...

Hi everyone! I recently adopted an eastern box turtle, Sammy, from a family member. He has been much less energetic than usual the past few days and I think (but am not sure) that his breathing may have changed. I'm not sure if I need to be concerned about a possible respiratory infection or...

Hi, I’m not really sure if this is normal baby RF behavior but my RF Coconut is VERY inactive and sleeps all day, she is only awake for about 1-2 hours. I currently have a ceramic heat emitter and a night lamp in her enclosure making it very warm, around 70-90, but she still won’t roam around. I...

As I’ve said in a previous post, Hammy is a rehomed Russian tortoise who came from undesirable conditions. This time I’m questioning his behavior - he never tries to burrow. He has two enclosures, a planter and a bin I put him in for bad weather. The bin has roughly 5-7in of substrate and the...

So our 26 year old desert tortoise has been doing a lot of head pumping in his sleep at night lately: Video1 Video2 Anyone know what this is? Is this weather related (it's been hot lately)? Digestion? Breathing? Aside from this behavior (that he's just started the last couple days) he seems...

Hey everyone, we've had our three toed, Clem, for almost two months now. I've been worried about her recently because she literally stays buried under her substrate all day (and I think night too). At first I thought she might just be nervous in her new habitat, but its been almost two months...

Hi everyone, This post will be a tad long but please bear with me. So I've had 2 leopards (approximately 8cm) for almost three months. I think their eating habit is a bit weird, namely with the following conditions: 1. They eat roughly the same amount compared to my 6cm sulcata, I assume they...

I have a 9year old red foot tortoise who will spend hours trying to climb out of her enclosure. As soon as I let her out she stomps through my apartment and under my bed. She will make her happy groaking sounds under there all day or until I put her back. (One time as an experiment- I left her...

Hello, I am new to the forum I have joined to ask about other people's tortoises not mine. I recently moved in with them and have noticed some things about their tortoises that concern me - I don't know anything about tortoises or looking after them but I've read around on the forums so have a...

I'm a curious person, and I love to learn about tortoises. Does anyone know how well can they see in the dark? Are any species active during the night? I know that some box turtles are active before dawn. I assume indoors, some tortoises get caught out when the lights turn off suddenly, although...