Agent007
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Hi, I was here a few years back with my tort called Ziggy, she's much bigger now. I used to keep her at my parents house but then moved her to my grandpa's as he had a very big plot of land filled with grass so she could graze all day. Now, I remember reading somewhere that sulcata's are burrowers, when I first got her, she tried to dig in her enclosure multiple times (at that time idk what was happening) so I left her be. Now she's about 5-7 years old, and I have not seen her once try to burrow herself. When I first moved her to my grandpa's she was relatively small. About 8cm width, I was worried at first about rats and feral cats so I made him a enclosure that was about 1 Meter by 70 cm. Never meant it to be her permanent home, thought she would just burrow herself. Fast forward a few years while her width is about 30cm, she still sleeps in her old enclosure I made. She climbs back on her own at night. I never saw her try to make a burrow for herself. I am wondering if this is normal behavior or no? It seems like she is not aware that she should be able to make a burrow for herself at this age. Another question is, since I leave her free to roam around then whole day, she's been exploring my grandpa's plot of land, we had to gate some areas as it was dangerous for her to go to but she has tried to force herself to the dangerous area for years. Fast forward a few damaged gates her shell looks scratched. Badly. We try to tell her that its dangerous but she never listens. Still forces her way every single day. To the point once at night she got a chair stuck to her shell and scared the crap out of everyone living in my grandpa's as they see with horror a chair moving on it's own before seeing her. I am wondering is this is normal behavior, for her to be VERY VERY curious to the point she's very stubborn. And will her shell heal itself from all those scratches?