Tortoise Banging Wall

[Oogway the russian tort]

Ever since about 2 weeks ago Oogway (Russian tort) would be banging the one part of his enclosure I tried to go online to see the problem but all of them had to do with glass enclosures my enclosure is made up of all wood so I'm not sure what's the problem any suggestions or help will be appreciated.

 

[JoesMum]

Ever since about 2 weeks ago Oogway (Russian tort) would be banging the one part of his enclosure I tried to go online to see the problem but all of them had to do with glass enclosures my enclosure is made up of all wood so I'm not sure what's the problem any suggestions or help will be appreciated.

A video uploaded to youtube and the link posted here would help us to understand the problem

 

[Oogway the russian tort]

A video uploaded to youtube and the link posted here would help us to understand the problem

Next time I see it happen I will try to record it

 

[MPRC]

Is it constant or random?

 

[Oogway the russian tort]

Is it constant or random?

Constant every morning around 7am

 

[JoesMum]

Is your enclosure big enough? Is Oogway letting you know he wants more space?

 

[Gillian M]

Please post a pic of your tort's enclosure which could be a bit too small. Torts need a lot of space as they are used to roaming around in the wild without boundaries.

 

[Oogway the russian tort]

His enclosure is a 4x7 I cant upload any photos or video it wont let me it says file to large even if I shrink/trim the video but I caught him trying to head-butt his food I thought it might be a tortoise tantrum I'm not sure

 

[JoesMum]

His enclosure is a 4x7 I cant upload any photos or video it wont let me it says file to large even if I shrink/trim the video but I caught him trying to head-butt his food I thought it might be a tortoise tantrum I'm not sure

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[RosemaryDW]

Constant every morning around 7am

Any chance seven am is when it starts to get light in that room/enclosure?

 

[Oogway the russian tort]

Any chance seven am is when it starts to get light in that room/enclosure?

lights turn on at 6:30am and turn off at 8

 

[Ernie Johnson]

Are there hides or places it can dig in or hide in the pen? They do this when they don't feel safe and are trying to get to a place where they can feel safe.

They also do it to each other when one of them wants the spot or location the one their ramming is in at that moment.

 

[Oogway the russian tort]

Are there hides or places it can dig in or hide in the pen? They do this when they don't feel safe and are trying to get to a place where they can feel safe.

They also do it to each other when one of them wants the spot or location the one their ramming is in at that moment.

Oogway has 3hides and all around his enclosure is about 4inch of substrate

 

[JoesMum]

The one winter I had Joe inside, he just did it anyway. He hated being indoors and made sure I knew. He just crashed round all the time.

Beyond making the enclosure bigger and breaking up the sight lines with decor and plants so it seems bigger than it is I haven’t got any more ideas

 

[Oogway the russian tort]

he stopped with the head banging but even worse now is that when he digs he make would make the loudest sound ever is there a way to quite the sound ty

 

[RosemaryDW]

Nope!