sleeping in hide all day?

[stinax182]

i feel my tort sleeps too often. she comes out to bask, eat and drink then goes right back in her shoe box. i have checked all her temps (110F basking, 78F cool, 83F warm 78F night with the shoe box being 89F/80% humidity) she has a halogen basking light, a reptisun 10.0 uvb fluorescent tube and a plant grow light for lighting. she has access to water, shade, grass is growing in her enclosure, hay in one corner (cuz she loves it) and i have changed her enclosure around, added hides and other things for her and yet she doesn't seem impressed. the only other thing i can think to do is block off her hide during the day? would that'd be cruel? she has many more hides to nap in. is there anything I'm doing wrong?

 

[AZtortMom]

Does she go outside much?

 

[mainey34]

It has been said to me a time or. Two..females like to hide more then males. How old is she? My experience, my female sulcata, inside or outside, will hide a lot more then my male. Personally I think it would be cruel to block off her hide. Thats just my opinion...

 

[stinax182]

i do have an outside enclosure but she has not been in it since early november due to snow (i live in Massachusetts) and i had received her in august. the temperatures are too cold to take her out even if her enclosure weren't covered in snow.

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It has been said to me a time or. Two..females like to hide more then males. How old is she? My experience, my female sulcata, inside or outside, will hide a lot more then my male. Personally I think it would be cruel to block off her hide. Thats just my opinion...

she is 2 years old. i know they should hide a lot but i honestly never see her out for longer than 45 mins at a time. maybe 3 times a day...

i don't think i could actually do it, i just wanted to see if anyone has done it.

 

[Tom]

Some of them do hide a lot. We're talking about your leopard, right? They tend to be a pretty shy species.

The plant light might also be bothering her. Try switching jthat bulb to a daylight or "sunshine" bulb and see what that does. Try to find a bulb in the 5000-6500 K range.

 

[stinax182]

Some of them do hide a lot. We're talking about your leopard, right? They tend to be a pretty shy species.

The plant light might also be bothering her. Try switching jthat bulb to a daylight or "sunshine" bulb and see what that does. Try to find a bulb in the 5000-6500 K range.

yes, my female leopard. it's good to hear that they tend to hide a lot. i don't mind not seeing her, i just want her to be happy. so if that's what she wants to do, so be it. and i will definitely try a new bulb, thank you!