mrsbotero912
New Member
Has anybody ever attached something to their tortoise's shell to prevent getting stuck on their back? Apollo is a tiny little thing, not even 2" long yet. He is in a 2x4 ft enclosure so he has lots of space, and lots of little things around to climb over. Substrate is moist and packed down. Temps are around 75°F on the cool side, 95° in the basking spot, and 65-70° at night. So I THINK everything is where it needs to be.
However he still is trying to climb the sides of the enclosure, and sometimes flips himself over in doing so. He knows to stretch his neck and legs to push off the ground, but they aren't quite long enough to reach. I do have some small stumps around the edges to push off of in case he does flip, but of course he'll flip right between them sometimes and can't reach anything. Just wondering if there is a practical & safe way to temporarily attach something to his back so that if he does flip, it prevents him from being straight on his back and unable to reach the ground?
*Edited to add - he's not just doing this at the corners, but along the edges as well. I do have rounded molding on corners though so they are not 90° angles.
However he still is trying to climb the sides of the enclosure, and sometimes flips himself over in doing so. He knows to stretch his neck and legs to push off the ground, but they aren't quite long enough to reach. I do have some small stumps around the edges to push off of in case he does flip, but of course he'll flip right between them sometimes and can't reach anything. Just wondering if there is a practical & safe way to temporarily attach something to his back so that if he does flip, it prevents him from being straight on his back and unable to reach the ground?
*Edited to add - he's not just doing this at the corners, but along the edges as well. I do have rounded molding on corners though so they are not 90° angles.