Spike The Excavator!

[Tropical Torts]

This is Spike my 5" sulcata in his very first burrow he proudly started himself! At this point it is only 4-6" deep; I will probably put a brick at the end of it by the time its about 12" to prevent him from digging any farther.

Well here's the proud little guy standing guard at the front door!

 

[chase thorn]

i love watching my sullies start a new burrow! but theirs are like 5-6' deep!

 

[Tropical Torts]

i love watching my sullies start a new burrow! but theirs are like 5-6' deep!

Oh it is very interesting indeed. Due to the fact that Spike is still just a juvenile I will not let him dig his burrow that deep. Also since I live in Florida we get rain on a regular basis which can cause a burrow to cave in. I just dont want to risk it with my little fella!

 

[tyler0912]

 

[ascott]

so funny.....he looks like," what? don't know why I did it, just did
"....LOL he is a cutie

 

[Tropical Torts]

so funny.....he looks like," what? don't know why I did it, just did
"....LOL he is a cutie

That's exactly what he looks like he would say! Dontcha just wish your torts could talk to you?!?

 

[ascott]

Oye, it would be like a house of youngins...."hey, we are hungry....watermelon, watermelon!!....." LOL, "will you let me outside please, hey hey, its kinda cold will you turn that heat thing on, I'm thirsty, ooppsss just poo'd, whatcha doin, where ya goin, what's that ??? " LOL

 

[chase thorn]

i love watching my sullies start a new burrow! but theirs are like 5-6' deep!

Oh it is very interesting indeed. Due to the fact that Spike is still just a juvenile I will not let him dig his burrow that deep. Also since I live in Florida we get rain on a regular basis which can cause a burrow to cave in. I just dont want to risk it with my little fella!

i completely understand! i usually,when it rains hard here, put something over their favorite burrow so it wont fill or cave in!

 

[jackrat]

He looks proud.

 

[dmarcus]

He is very proud of his burrow, i love how round the entrance is....

 

[stephiiberrybean]

Hehe. Bless him.
He's so cute. He's clearly very proud of his burrow.

He reminds me a teenager though with that face... "It's so unfair!! All i did was dig a burrow and now you've got the camera out and everything... urgh! Don't take my photo" HEHE

 

[ChiKat]

He does look very proud What a cute little man!

 

[Tropical Torts]

He is very proud of his burrow, i love how round the entrance is....

I noticed that too, its amazing to see how perfect they can make their burrows!

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Hehe. Bless him.
He's so cute. He's clearly very proud of his burrow.

He reminds me a teenager though with that face... "It's so unfair!! All i did was dig a burrow and now you've got the camera out and everything... urgh! Don't take my photo" HEHE

He does seem like a teenager, psht I would know, Im 17!

 

[Turtle Guru]

Awesome picture love it

 

[Tom]

Haha. You go ahead and put a brick in there and let us know how that goes...

 

[Angrycowgoesmoo]

I LOVE it when animals make burrows! I always pretended to make a burrow with blankets when I was a kid :3

 

[l0velesly]

hehehe. What a nice burrow! I'm surprised at how round it is. I wonder how they make it stay up without collapsing

 

[Tropical Torts]

Sulcatas are fascinating little creatures, it is so cool how they instinctively know how to dig a burrow perfectly!

 

[Tropical Torts]

Here he is 24 hours later and about 8" deeper!

As Tom put it he has the look of "Yeah you go ahead and try to put a big ole' brick in here!!"

 

[Geochelone_Carbonaria]

Very nice John !