hey just a quick question does noise affect horsefield tortoises as im goin to be building an enclosure and would a wall mounted tv above the enclosure be too loud?
noise!
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Tortoises have poor hearing, but they can detect vibrations in the ground and base sounds low enough to cause vibration. Normal level sounds such as conversation are probably for the most part undetectable to them.
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I doubt the sound or vibrations would bother a tortoise.
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I doubt the sound or vibrations would bother a tortoise.
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From my limited experience with one tort, I'd say light is a bigger factor than sound. I can stay up til 3 AM watching Netflix and not disturb him at all if his light is out.
The nights I turn off his lights late, like 10pm instead of 8, he wakes up way later the next morning.
... I need a timer.
The nights I turn off his lights late, like 10pm instead of 8, he wakes up way later the next morning.
... I need a timer.
Aye well at the moment I have a basking lamp and a night light / red lamp also a UVB lamp and they are on timers just away to design a new larger enclosure . And il post some pictures when it's eventually done 
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