Bored sulcata?

[Big Charlie]

Tuleo's track is way bit smaller than Dudley's but you can see his as well. He prefers to go OVER his hide (even hanging out and sunning on top) then sleeping in it. You can see him tucked in his little bunker in the corner. (You can't tell he is 10" long because he is half buried...)

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Okay. I clicked on this forum with the express intent of starting a thread entitled "Can a tortoise get bored?" Your post was at the top. Soooo, maybe I'm not crazy. Maybe they can get bored. Do they make baby tortoise toys that are safe for his enclosure?

Currently, we try to take him outside every day for some closely supervised exploring time. He is always very active during those times and seems to love it, but Winter is Coming!

I'm interested to see if anyone has ideas.

I just google tortoise play and came up with some videos showing tortoises pushing balls around. I've always heard that tortoises don't play. Maybe the tortoises push the balls around because they see it as a threat.

 

[Myroli]

So is it unusual if a sulcata doesn't pace? Because I've only seen ki pace around once and that was when I just gave him a new hide because his first one seemed a bit small now...but otherwise I've never seen him pace, not even when I first got him, he just immediately started eating then went in his hide to sleep

 

[Big Charlie]

So is it unusual if a sulcata doesn't pace? Because I've only seen ki pace around once and that was when I just gave him a new hide because his first one seemed a bit small now...but otherwise I've never seen him pace, not even when I first got him, he just immediately started eating then went in his hide to sleep

I don't think so. I think I remember reading not so long ago that it wasn't normal for them to pace. I don't recall Charlie doing it until a few years ago, and he is 16 now, so it might be something to do with age. I also wonder if it has to do with the size of the area. Charlie can go anywhere he wants in our yard, so he has a larger space than some, and he didn't always have an area this large. I don't think it is abnormal that Charlie does it since he seems healthy. Maybe he paces because he can't see the entire yard without pacing. It could be as Yvonne G said, he is patrolling to ensure there aren't any other tortoises there.

 

[Myroli]

I don't think so. I think I remember reading not so long ago that it wasn't normal for them to pace. I don't recall Charlie doing it until a few years ago, and he is 16 now, so it might be something to do with age. I also wonder if it has to do with the size of the area. Charlie can go anywhere he wants in our yard, so he has a larger space than some, and he didn't always have an area this large. I don't think it is abnormal that Charlie does it since he seems healthy. Maybe he paces because he can't see the entire yard without pacing. It could be as Yvonne G said, he is patrolling to ensure there aren't any other tortoises there.

Okaye, thanks yeah I figured he was pacing because I'd changed something in his "territory" but after like an hour he was fine and hasn't paced since

 

[cassieopia]

Kronk paces, but he also plays. He has a spike rubber ball that he rolls around. He rolls it to the corner, put it in his house and even gets it in the water bowl and let's it float!