Help! My Female Hermann's Tortoise is Rubbing Her Belly on the Carpet Non-Stop.

[amymarie42779]

Has anyone every had a tortoise do this? I've had Kiwi for 6 months now. She is spoiled and cherished. I estimating her age to be about 4 years old. Earlier today, I soaked her in a warm bath thinking it may be constipation. She REALLY relieved herself, so I thought the problem was solved, but she is back to wiggling as she walks. Thank you. Kiwi's Video

 

[wellington]

First, she should not be roaming the floors of your house.
I normally see them do that when their lower back towards tail is scratched

 

[Littleredfootbigredheart]

Hello and welcome! How long did she do this for? And is it only on the carpet? Like wellington says, they shouldn’t be free roaming indoors

Maybe this thread I made below will be useful if there’s anything that needs tweaking set up wise🙂

Housing adult Russian and Hermans indoors

Hello there! In this thread I’m going to include some information an example of an appropriate indoor set up for an older Herman/russian. As much as it’s encouraged to have tortoises in a safe outdoor enclosure, I understand being from the uk myself, that some climates make it difficult to...

tortoiseforum.org

 

[Tom]

Has anyone every had a tortoise do this? I've had Kiwi for 6 months now. She is spoiled and cherished. I estimating her age to be about 4 years old. Earlier today, I soaked her in a warm bath thinking it may be constipation. She REALLY relieved herself, so I thought the problem was solved, but she is back to wiggling as she walks. Thank you. Kiwi's Video

Show us a picture of Kiwis tail and anal scutes. I suspect she is a he.