Shirley the tortoise
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A couple of times recently I've heard Shirley fall over and end up upside down. This is normally due to her trying to escape/other hijinks.
I'm never sure whether it's better to:
A) turn her back immediately to keep her stress levels low.
B) leave her a few minutes to see if she can right herself. I don't know if the practice righting herself is good so she is better at flipping back when I'm not there to help, or if I'm just being mean letting her get stressed out trying. Obviously this option is what would happen in the wild.
So far she's always managed to right herself within thirty seconds or so (plus I've never come home to find her upside down), so presumably she's pretty good at it.
A couple of times recently I've heard Shirley fall over and end up upside down. This is normally due to her trying to escape/other hijinks.
I'm never sure whether it's better to:
A) turn her back immediately to keep her stress levels low.
B) leave her a few minutes to see if she can right herself. I don't know if the practice righting herself is good so she is better at flipping back when I'm not there to help, or if I'm just being mean letting her get stressed out trying. Obviously this option is what would happen in the wild.
So far she's always managed to right herself within thirty seconds or so (plus I've never come home to find her upside down), so presumably she's pretty good at it.