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Musa Nathan
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My tortoise is kept in the open....Please what time of the day is my Hingeback activate?
Dusk and dawn.My tortoise is kept in the open....Please what time of the day is my Hingeback activate?
I have a huge piece of land where they roam freely...What do you mean kept in the open? More info please.
Need to know please if they are nocturnal?@Jacqui @Will @tortadise @Anyfoot Can any of you help this member with what time of day the hingeback tortoise should be actively out and searching for food?
I have a huge piece of land 2 ha..& keep 4 hingebacks on it without enclosures...I have K. erosa in enclosures with low light, they will eat right away as food is put in, but I have heard them eating at all hours, they have squeaky beaks. I have some K. spekii that eat as soon as the food is put in, and off and on throughout the day. I don't think they eat at night.
I typically feed within a half hour of 5am light on time.
I too want to know what does 'kept in the open" mean? All tortoises should have some sort of retreat.
I have a huge piece of land 2 ha..& keep 4 hingebacks on it without enclosures...
@Musa Nathan so that explains so much. Thanks. Identity of the species might help. Is there a chance next time you see one you could post a photo?
Typically burrowing species are pretty inactive at night while forest scrub species might have night activity, as they have cover in the form of trees, fallen leaves and low growing plants. Night activity is also driven by food choices. If there is no advantage to being out at night then they don't do that. It is colder at night, and more large predators are out and about actively seeking prey.
I think he meant he'd like to know which sub species of hingeback.It’s a Hingeback Tortoise...
There are several species of hingebacks, you can't get help until we know what specific species of hingeback you have because they are all different in one way or another.Are they nocturnal in the wild...
Depends on the species.Are they nocturnal in the wild...
I this the tortoise you posted a picture of asking for species ID? Since you are in Zimbabwe, that would fit If so that was a K. spekii. Fairly common there, and about the only one @tortadise did not mention in his detailed post!!It’s a Hingeback Tortoise...
I this the tortoise you posted a picture of asking for species ID? Since you are in Zimbabwe, that would fit If so that was a K. spekii. Fairly common there, and about the only one @tortadise did not mention in his detailed post!!
Here's one of the picture you posted there. I would think this is the one's you are asking about as you have the tile tracker on it??