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davidoff
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Hello everyone,
I've had a Greek tortoise for a little over 2 months now.. After following your caring guidelines i managed to get him through the exceptionally cold winter and, while he was very sleepy at the beginning he now seems very healthy and active.
However, for the past 10 days or so he has been exhibiting very strange behaviour. First of all he is very "jittery" at night time. On a couple of occasions I woke up to find that he has "rearranged" items in his enclosure. He moved his hiding cave to a different location, and also moved his feeding tray and bath tray around. (I am assuming he pushes these around during the night).
I have also found him sleeping upright, leaning on his cave (picture enclosed),
and on two separate occasions I have found him walking sideways on the side of his enclosure (picture enclosed).
This morning I woke up and found out he created a mount out of his bedding, and he was climbing on it. A couple of minutes later i heard a very weird noise and went to check after him. I found him on his back, struggling! I turned him around and it took him a couple of minutes to come to his senses. He then retreated to his cave for more sleep.
Does anyone know what might be causing this behaviour and what I can do to stop it? He lives in a big enclosure with UVA/B lights, eats a healthy amount of greens every day. He also poops regularly (or at least I think he does, once every 5-7 days) and gets soaked every other day.
I am getting very worried about this behaviour - Thankfully I was at home when he turned on his back, but what would have happened if I wasn't here?
I've had a Greek tortoise for a little over 2 months now.. After following your caring guidelines i managed to get him through the exceptionally cold winter and, while he was very sleepy at the beginning he now seems very healthy and active.
However, for the past 10 days or so he has been exhibiting very strange behaviour. First of all he is very "jittery" at night time. On a couple of occasions I woke up to find that he has "rearranged" items in his enclosure. He moved his hiding cave to a different location, and also moved his feeding tray and bath tray around. (I am assuming he pushes these around during the night).
I have also found him sleeping upright, leaning on his cave (picture enclosed),
and on two separate occasions I have found him walking sideways on the side of his enclosure (picture enclosed).
This morning I woke up and found out he created a mount out of his bedding, and he was climbing on it. A couple of minutes later i heard a very weird noise and went to check after him. I found him on his back, struggling! I turned him around and it took him a couple of minutes to come to his senses. He then retreated to his cave for more sleep.
Does anyone know what might be causing this behaviour and what I can do to stop it? He lives in a big enclosure with UVA/B lights, eats a healthy amount of greens every day. He also poops regularly (or at least I think he does, once every 5-7 days) and gets soaked every other day.
I am getting very worried about this behaviour - Thankfully I was at home when he turned on his back, but what would have happened if I wasn't here?
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