melissah
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I'm just wondering if sulcatas like to have their shells scratched because mine seems to like doing this himself and wasn't sure if I was missing something.....
I had a video I tried posting with my question, guess it didn't work. But my Armstrong like to walk in circles back and forth under my end table. It's low so he has to wiggle to get under it and it rubs across his shell. I always tell him it's gonna hurt him but he will just go back and forth like that for ten minutes then he's off to check out the rest of the house but not for long and he's back to the table. Lol I do try to rub/scratch him all the time though. I talk to him like he's one of my kids and have just about as many pics of the kids on my phone as Armstrong, but he's leading ;}Some tortoise love having their heads necks and shell scratched. Give him a scratch and see how he reacts.
I can't wait till my Armstrong trusts me enough to let me do that. For now I rub his shell. If I go near his head he pulls it back in. LolMy two years old redfood tortoise like it when I scratch his head.
His neck becomes longer and longer.....
He's actually a year old now. We got him for my 13yr old daughter but after about six months I moved him out of her room into the living room and quickly fell in love with him. Now I claim him! LolMy sulcata babies are also too shy to be crawled. How old is your Armstrong ?
Great idea I'm gonna start trying that today! I don't have Armstrong outside yet, I know based on his size I should and I live in southern California so it's not too bad weather wise, but I live in a condo with a very small outdoor space that isn't safe for him. Plus admittedly I like him being inside. Where he is he is part of everything that goes on in the daily family life and when I get to sit back with a cup of coffee he's right there for me to chat with how many tortoises do you have?I got the advice here in the forum to handfeed my sulcatas, so they lose the fear of the hand.
I've started to hold my fingers in front of their nose so they can pick up my smell, but they're back in their shells at once ...
It takes time I think.
Do you have an outdoor enclosure for Armstrong for summer ? Here in germany it is winter and cold outside. My sulcata babies must stay indoor.
They also have their terrarium in my living room
I had a video I tried posting with my question, guess it didn't work. But my Armstrong like to walk in circles back and forth under my end table. It's low so he has to wiggle to get under it and it rubs across his shell. I always tell him it's gonna hurt him but he will just go back and forth like that for ten minutes then he's off to check out the rest of the house but not for long and he's back to the table. Lol I do try to rub/scratch him all the time though. I talk to him like he's one of my kids and have just about as many pics of the kids on my phone as Armstrong, but he's leading ;}