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My 2 year old tortoise nephew still occasionally flips on his back despite having a quite frankly magnificent life! He free roams a lot of the time and his vivarium is big, only has rounded edges and loads of play things for him. He seems very happy, and he's flipping less now, but every 6 months or so he flips and then he seems a bit out of sorts for a day or so.
We've made him a tiny little sensor to go on his back and I'm working with a programming developer friend to get it to send us a text message if he flips more than 90 degrees.
Is this totally nuts?! We've tried everything to make sure he doesn't flip but we worry that if we're away from him for ages and he's on his back for ages then he'll be very distressed and it's bad for his health. We've tried everything, but just thought I'd post this here in case anyone had any more thoughts? Any ideas much appreciated!
We've made him a tiny little sensor to go on his back and I'm working with a programming developer friend to get it to send us a text message if he flips more than 90 degrees.
Is this totally nuts?! We've tried everything to make sure he doesn't flip but we worry that if we're away from him for ages and he's on his back for ages then he'll be very distressed and it's bad for his health. We've tried everything, but just thought I'd post this here in case anyone had any more thoughts? Any ideas much appreciated!