I there all again,
I have separated my two Russian tortoises up as suggested, the male is doing fine, but the female is not doing so well.
She will not come out of her hidey hole, I put food in for her in the morning before I go to work and when I get home she has not come out. I get her out and but her under the heat lamp and she has a good warm up and then she will go and eat, I then give her her bath, then let her wanted about the house, she seems ok, then I put her back in her cage and she will wonder under the heat lamp again. Then she will eat a load more and take her self off to bed......and not come out again until I get her out the next evening.
The set up I have is the same both sides and I check temps and all that.
I think that she is pining for her brother who as far as I gather have never been separated. But like I have said in other post I did notice a very few nips and head wobbles he would give her, so needed to be separated for there own good.
Sorry for the pun but has anyone got any ideas on how to get her out of her shell. She was very active when they where together and did everything together including sleeping eating and wonders round the house. I feel upset to see her like this and it is killing me to keep them apart.
I have separated my two Russian tortoises up as suggested, the male is doing fine, but the female is not doing so well.
She will not come out of her hidey hole, I put food in for her in the morning before I go to work and when I get home she has not come out. I get her out and but her under the heat lamp and she has a good warm up and then she will go and eat, I then give her her bath, then let her wanted about the house, she seems ok, then I put her back in her cage and she will wonder under the heat lamp again. Then she will eat a load more and take her self off to bed......and not come out again until I get her out the next evening.
The set up I have is the same both sides and I check temps and all that.
I think that she is pining for her brother who as far as I gather have never been separated. But like I have said in other post I did notice a very few nips and head wobbles he would give her, so needed to be separated for there own good.
Sorry for the pun but has anyone got any ideas on how to get her out of her shell. She was very active when they where together and did everything together including sleeping eating and wonders round the house. I feel upset to see her like this and it is killing me to keep them apart.