I had heard that turtles can be good escape artists, but I never expected to see this. These photos are not only amazing, but completely authentic. Check this out:
Here is our male Russian tortoise, Mork, actually climbing the fence all by himself!
I took him down, but a few minutes later I found that he had climbed atop the patio table!
I did not put Mork up to this in any way. On the contrary, I wish he would stop doing this for his own good. I thought I had made the porch tortoise-proof, but apparently that is not the case. Seeing what Mork was up to, I put him back in his pen, which for the time being is the only place I can leave him unsupervised. The female, on the other hand, is much less adventurous (and has been ever since we got them in April). I can trust her to stay on the patio floor, but I'm going to have to come up with a way to keep Mork from doing that again. He is apparently a very good climber (it's amazing how tightly he was clinging when I gently plucked him off), but he could also fall and get seriously injured. Any suggestions on how best to blockade that corner to make it inaccessible?
Here is our male Russian tortoise, Mork, actually climbing the fence all by himself!
I took him down, but a few minutes later I found that he had climbed atop the patio table!
I did not put Mork up to this in any way. On the contrary, I wish he would stop doing this for his own good. I thought I had made the porch tortoise-proof, but apparently that is not the case. Seeing what Mork was up to, I put him back in his pen, which for the time being is the only place I can leave him unsupervised. The female, on the other hand, is much less adventurous (and has been ever since we got them in April). I can trust her to stay on the patio floor, but I'm going to have to come up with a way to keep Mork from doing that again. He is apparently a very good climber (it's amazing how tightly he was clinging when I gently plucked him off), but he could also fall and get seriously injured. Any suggestions on how best to blockade that corner to make it inaccessible?