I can see from previous times this has been posted general consensus is this is a fear thing, and he just needs time, but I guess I'm wondering how much time before I start to get concerned
Here goes... To begin with he's a 4 -5yo (maybe older) rescued male Russian, was originally purchased in a pet store and then mostly left to fend for himself in an outside yard with another Russian and a Redfoot, with some salad mix tossed his way as food. I've had him about 6 weeks and in that time he's definitely had lots of changes (modifications to indoor and outdoor space, but we are now mostly done, other than having newly planted "tortoise seed mix" just sprouting).
HIs new space is as follows: 2' x 6' indoor box with a hide on each end, one is a humid hide that he never goes into, the other he sleeps in at night. He also eats breakfast in the center and has a slate basking area under a 65 watt incandescent light bulb, kept at between 95-98 degrees. He's in this box most days from around 5pm at night until 10 ish in the morning, mostly asleep - he gets up around 8am and In general - he eats well, poops/pees well, gets soaked 3-4 times per week, and he definitely moves fast when he wants to. But mostly he doesn't want to...
When I take him outside into his daytime enclosure, which is 12' x 10' divided into two sections - an 8' x 10' space that is probably too "open" for him, but I just planted seeds so hopefully he will eventually feels safer in it, but it does have several hiding spaces including a humid hide, and the 4' x 10' section that is covered and has a "deep shade" section as well as a sunning section.
So here's the thing - I put him in the larger part of the outdoor enclosure, he makes a beeline for a given spot in the smaller space, and then stays there ALL DAY. He may move a half a foot or so to get in or out of the sun (he seems to like "Sun adjacent" where a part of his shell is in the sun the rest in shade) and at night he moves more into the deep shade area, but that's it. He doesn't walk around at all. I see videos of Russians wandering around, scoping out their territory, etc but he just doesn't do any of that. He just sits in the same spot all day...
Is this a cause for concern? It just seems odd to me that while he may move from spot A to spot B, or maybe on a wild and crazy day spot C, but that's it - all day he just sits. I don't MIND this at all, if that's what he wants to do, I just am concerned there's something else I should be doing for him...
Here goes... To begin with he's a 4 -5yo (maybe older) rescued male Russian, was originally purchased in a pet store and then mostly left to fend for himself in an outside yard with another Russian and a Redfoot, with some salad mix tossed his way as food. I've had him about 6 weeks and in that time he's definitely had lots of changes (modifications to indoor and outdoor space, but we are now mostly done, other than having newly planted "tortoise seed mix" just sprouting).
HIs new space is as follows: 2' x 6' indoor box with a hide on each end, one is a humid hide that he never goes into, the other he sleeps in at night. He also eats breakfast in the center and has a slate basking area under a 65 watt incandescent light bulb, kept at between 95-98 degrees. He's in this box most days from around 5pm at night until 10 ish in the morning, mostly asleep - he gets up around 8am and In general - he eats well, poops/pees well, gets soaked 3-4 times per week, and he definitely moves fast when he wants to. But mostly he doesn't want to...
When I take him outside into his daytime enclosure, which is 12' x 10' divided into two sections - an 8' x 10' space that is probably too "open" for him, but I just planted seeds so hopefully he will eventually feels safer in it, but it does have several hiding spaces including a humid hide, and the 4' x 10' section that is covered and has a "deep shade" section as well as a sunning section.
So here's the thing - I put him in the larger part of the outdoor enclosure, he makes a beeline for a given spot in the smaller space, and then stays there ALL DAY. He may move a half a foot or so to get in or out of the sun (he seems to like "Sun adjacent" where a part of his shell is in the sun the rest in shade) and at night he moves more into the deep shade area, but that's it. He doesn't walk around at all. I see videos of Russians wandering around, scoping out their territory, etc but he just doesn't do any of that. He just sits in the same spot all day...
Is this a cause for concern? It just seems odd to me that while he may move from spot A to spot B, or maybe on a wild and crazy day spot C, but that's it - all day he just sits. I don't MIND this at all, if that's what he wants to do, I just am concerned there's something else I should be doing for him...