My little Cherryhead Rowan just turned two. Recently, he's become much more boisterous in that he is knocking over his little trees and pushing his cave and pier around in his enclosure. Is this a sign of his maturing or is he just being a brat? 
Juvenile behavior?
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Sounds like normal tortoise feng shui to me! Once they're large enough, they tend to start rearranging things... Just because they can.
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Hahaha, so true... They tend to go *through* things rather than around them. I'm convinced the only reason they climb anything is because it's too big to move, so they're forced to go over rather than through!
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Sounds about right to me ! Speedy has never quite grasped the concept of going around anything , only ,over ,under or through seem to work for him ! 
Yep. Agreed. Mine always takes the shortest/quickest route...usually it involves going through his water bowl!
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I agree as well. My RT likes to knock things over because she knows if she's loud enough, I come over to check on her and might give her something to eat.
sounds like she's trained you wellI agree as well. My RT likes to knock things over because she knows if she's loud enough, I come over to check on her and might give her something to eat.
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He-he! 'Tis true.
This thread made me laugh. My juveniles are 2yrs old and doing the same. I'm convinced they only think they have a head and the hide behind them is just following them around. Just another aspect of torts that I love. Clumsy.
The bigger they get, the more destructive they get…
You should see what young sulcatas do!
You should see what young sulcatas do!
Haha! Yep. My nearly 3 yr olds do the same. Plow through everything.
Another thing they do that drives me bananas, they barely eat in their outdoor enclosure despite having explored in it often. The SECOND I transplant outdoor plants into their INDOOR enclosure, they utterly destroy them! They eat every last bite! I'm like, "hey guys, you DO know you could've ate these same plants outside?"
Another thing they do that drives me bananas, they barely eat in their outdoor enclosure despite having explored in it often. The SECOND I transplant outdoor plants into their INDOOR enclosure, they utterly destroy them! They eat every last bite!
I'm like, "hey guys, you DO know you could've ate these same plants outside?"
why eat outdoors when you can have it delivered in?Haha! Yep. My nearly 3 yr olds do the same. Plow through everything.
Another thing they do that drives me bananas, they barely eat in their outdoor enclosure despite having explored in it often. The SECOND I transplant outdoor plants into their INDOOR enclosure, they utterly destroy them! They eat every last bite!
Take away delivery!
And over the food and plants (oh, my poor pretty plants!!!)
Omg! My grandtorts are just yearlings now and already getting that way! This thread gave me a good belly laugh
Lol they're so naughty!
spud's_mum
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My Spud completely rearranged his whole enclosure. He even moved the big terracotta pots! They are so strong
This thread is hilarious
I wish I could explain to them that going AROUND saves them more time instead of walking head-first into something for eons. Bean's arch nemesis is this chair I sit in when he's eating outside. He can't fit under it but he's not going to just throw away 2 years of trying.
I wish I could explain to them that going AROUND saves them more time instead of walking head-first into something for eons. Bean's arch nemesis is this chair I sit in when he's eating outside. He can't fit under it but he's not going to just throw away 2 years of trying.
Now that's one smart cookie! A tortoise that actually plots for things to happen in the future to her advantage. Hmmmm.I agree as well. My RT likes to knock things over because she knows if she's loud enough, I come over to check on her and might give her something to eat.
