hi
yesterday when i put my tortoises out in the sun the little one matilda immediatly burried herself in the soil until she was completly covered. she didnt come out again.
when the temperature dropped i brought them in, i had to dig her up to do that and she was completly in her shell like the other day. i rinsed her off but she didnt come out. i put her in her basking spot and after 10 or so minutes she came out she than sat there not moving at all for hours .
in the late afternoon she went into her box and went to sleep. the light went off at 10pm and went on again at 9am this morning miranda ( the big one )came out and after a while trundled up the mountain to bask and eat .
its 12 pm and matilda has still not come out of her box and is still completly in her shell although at some point this morning she has turned around in it.
im worried that with the combined amount of time spent underground in her run and hiding in her dark box she is not going to get enough uv or heat .
should i take her out of the box myself now and place her in the basking spot ?
yesterday when i put my tortoises out in the sun the little one matilda immediatly burried herself in the soil until she was completly covered. she didnt come out again.
when the temperature dropped i brought them in, i had to dig her up to do that and she was completly in her shell like the other day. i rinsed her off but she didnt come out. i put her in her basking spot and after 10 or so minutes she came out she than sat there not moving at all for hours .
in the late afternoon she went into her box and went to sleep. the light went off at 10pm and went on again at 9am this morning miranda ( the big one )came out and after a while trundled up the mountain to bask and eat .
its 12 pm and matilda has still not come out of her box and is still completly in her shell although at some point this morning she has turned around in it.
im worried that with the combined amount of time spent underground in her run and hiding in her dark box she is not going to get enough uv or heat .
should i take her out of the box myself now and place her in the basking spot ?