Help baby sulcata constantly flipping herself !

[Reptilony]

My baby started flipping herself over and over ! She goes in the corner, try to climb et fall on her back. What is wrong? She never did that. She did that 5 times in 30 min now. She will die if she keeps doing this because Im not always home! Please I really need some advice here...Im gonna post a video to show what she does too.

 

[Reptilony]

 

[KarenSoCal]

It's hard for me to see...can she see through the wall of her enclosure?
Are her temps correct?
It looks red in the pic...is there a red light in there?
Is her enclosure big enough?
Just some thoughts til someone else answers.

 

[Reptilony]

It's hard for me to see...can she see through the wall of her enclosure?
Are her temps correct?
It looks red in the pic...is there a red light in there?
Is her enclosure big enough?
Just some thoughts til someone else answers.

No she cannot see trough, there is no red light, her enclosure is about 2 by 3 feet...She always seemed to be fine until now.

 

[KarenSoCal]

No she cannot see trough, there is no red light, her enclosure is about 2 by 3 feet...She always seemed to be fine until now.

You could put a plant in that corner. Might be enough to distract her.
Or maybe she just wants exercise...get her a treadmill? [emoji23]
I hope you get it worked out...someone will help you.

 

[Minority2]

There are different possible solutions. Place obstacles such as a large rock or piece of wood to preventing your tortoise from getting a good grip in climbing on the corners. Small rocks and pebbles laid around corners will make it hard for them to get a good footing to hold themselves steady upon.

If you've placed your tortoise in bigger areas/enclosures (seen through) versus the one you currently have then it may be possible that he or she is interested in a bigger area to explore.

It could also be because the area your tortoise is in may look quite barren. They're bored. They need stuff to climb, to dig, to destroy.

 

[Bambam1989]

Can you show us a pic of the entire enclosure?

 

[Reptilony]

This is the enclosure

 

[Bambam1989]

This is the enclosureView attachment 247041View attachment 247042

It is very exposed and open. I would recommend adding some fake plants/decorations. This may be the problem, your small one may feel exposed and therefore be trying to get to a more secure area.

 

[Reptilony]

Ok thank you I will add something to make her feel more secure.

 

[Reptilony]

Thank you all for your support, I had time to make this before work, I think it will help for now and I will be adding more things later.

 

[Reptilony]

I might put a fake plant in there later but I will have to make sure she does not try to eat it!

 

[Pearly]

It is very exposed and open. I would recommend adding some fake plants/decorations. This may be the problem, your small one may feel exposed and therefore be trying to get to a more secure area.

Agree with Bambam, add some plants live of fake. Baby torts main mission in life is to SURVIVE into adulthood. They need to have places to hide.

 

[alfie_the_tortoise]

My breeder told me about this. He said for the first few weeks they are trying to get used to the enclosure and they flip over. He said you just need to keep a really close eye on them for the first month or so.

 

[Yvonne G]

It's just something babies do. They get their "sea legs" after a week or so and flip less often until one day they don't flip at all.