Mad_Moose
New Member
Probably a really out there discussion point - I keep seeing tortoises likened to horses in this forum in terms of how they should be kept space wise, being a long time equestrian and animal scientist by education (but a very new tortoise keeper) I was wondering if anyone had thoughts about theoretically using equine strategies in tortoise care to encourage movement in slightly smaller spaces (like paddock paradise type setups, where you purposefully make the animal travel a farther distance to get to a specific resource in the enclosure, create a cyclic travel pattern with one resource on one end and and a second on another, blocking the "direct paths" of travel so they have to go around, or create a "moving target" for their feed with enrichment items - like feeder balls, or smaller food caches scattered around different spots in the environment)