Avuwyy
Active Member
Going to place it into debates as I’m unsure if this is a debatable topic? I’ve tried typing a few words into the search bar and couldn’t find anything specific to what I’m wanting to ask.
Is offering your tortoise something to chase off (such as a figurine which looks like another tortoise) beneficial for your animal? In the past I heard such things as allowing two males to fight a little bit to be beneficial for testosterone, and in turn fertility (Unsure if this is actually true, I’m not going to experiment). But outside of breeding is there any benefit to allowing your tortoise something to tussle with?
I’ve been reading up on Betta fish a lot recently. Absolutely beautiful fish. Occasionally keepers will use a mirror to reflect the image of the fish back to them, and urge them to display themselves in a territorial manner. Of course, for long periods of time, this can be stressful for the fish. But for short sessions every so often, it is stimulating, and allows the fish to do what they were essentially bred to do.
I would think that for short sessions, placing a tortoise-like object in the enclosure of the tortoise to act as an intruder, would be beneficial. Mental stimulation, and allows the tortoise to practice typical territorial behaviours they would show in the wild. For longer sessions, I could see it being stressful.
Is this something that people do? Are there any positives and negatives to doing this kind of thing?
Any thoughts on the subject are greatly appreciated
Is offering your tortoise something to chase off (such as a figurine which looks like another tortoise) beneficial for your animal? In the past I heard such things as allowing two males to fight a little bit to be beneficial for testosterone, and in turn fertility (Unsure if this is actually true, I’m not going to experiment). But outside of breeding is there any benefit to allowing your tortoise something to tussle with?
I’ve been reading up on Betta fish a lot recently. Absolutely beautiful fish. Occasionally keepers will use a mirror to reflect the image of the fish back to them, and urge them to display themselves in a territorial manner. Of course, for long periods of time, this can be stressful for the fish. But for short sessions every so often, it is stimulating, and allows the fish to do what they were essentially bred to do.
I would think that for short sessions, placing a tortoise-like object in the enclosure of the tortoise to act as an intruder, would be beneficial. Mental stimulation, and allows the tortoise to practice typical territorial behaviours they would show in the wild. For longer sessions, I could see it being stressful.
Is this something that people do? Are there any positives and negatives to doing this kind of thing?
Any thoughts on the subject are greatly appreciated