Horsefield Tortoise 1yo, can I take for walks? e.g. to a grassy green field...

[paulopierrex]

Hiya,

I am a completely new tortoise mum as well as a new member of this forum so I am hoping another kind soul could help me with my question...

I have a lovely horsefield tortoise, Paulo-Pierre, he is a year old and full of character. I live in an apartment and he usually roams around in his vivarium, that is absolutely huge! I could use it as a coffee table

With the current pandemic/isolation stuff going on, I have more time to take walks...I was wondering if, at all, I could take Paulo along with me and he can graze? If so, at what age is this suitable? He is quite diddy at the moment

I do not want to stress him out with new surroundings, or stress him out in general...I love the calmness about him so it would be uncomfortable to see

Thank you for taking the time to read this as it is unnecessarily long what else is there to do right now? haha

ronnie x

 

[Maro2Bear]

Greetings...

Usually, taking your tort to a random park (in a city) where there are groundskeepers n such spraying all kinds of stuff to keep the weeds away is not recommended. If there are weeds growing all over & wild plants & it’s not nest n tidy, then maybe yess. But, nest n tidy n no weeds..... best to skip.

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi Ronnie: If it were me, I would NOT allow my tortoise outside unless he is in his own dedicated yard/enclosure. One never knows what toxic sprays or chemicals might be on the grass/weeds you allow your tortoise to eat outside. Also, once you let him know there's a bigger world outside of his indoor enclosure, he's going to always be restless, trying to escape and get back out there.