Ello
Im new here and this is my first post and its very important one and I need advice or help.
I have an almost one year old red footd tortoise named Fredric. I love her to death she is awesome crazy adventurous little tortoise. We call her the suicide tortoise cause she likes to jump off high places that can hurt her we have to watch her a lot.
({Oh the name i know shes a girl but at the time we didn't know her sex till we went to the vet for a check up a month after having her so it kinda stuck since we had been calling her that for a month lol}
So here is my problem
When i first got her I let her out in the back yard when the weather was nice so she could get out of her inside inclosure. It was kinda a bad idea but I made it work. She would go missing i would search for a while but i always would find her or she would be eating dog poop. Which i read a little isnt bad for her but all she wanted to do was eat poop.It started to become a problem.
SO recently i have built Fredric a pen outside near my garden for the summer months. Since its the right temperature for her and I felt bad shes always inside in her tank. ^^ So I built her a really nice pen that is two bricks high rectangle that is 5 1/2 feet in width and 8 feet in length plenty of room for my little guy. I put all the shabam in there food coverage all the need the tortoise could want and desire. Even little rocks to climb on and hide away to sleep or rest.
When i put her in there all she trys to do is escape to get to the dog poop. The brick is high but she trys to climb over it to where she flips over. Ill be in the backyard with her doing yard work Ill go over to check on her and she will be on her back not trying to flip over at all. Last time was two days ago I was in the yard for 2 hrs and i had to flip her over 3 times. Im so beyond worried that one day I wont be there or check on her to late and the worst will happen............
thanks
Jill
I try to let my tortoise to her thing but I'm worried she is depressed or unhappy cause when I bring her inside to her inside inclosure I have to watch her cause she is so pumped up from being outside she beings to pace and jump off objects in her tanks to where she flips over. I watch her till she gets worn out and goes into her log.
Im concerned and im not sure what to do?
Im new here and this is my first post and its very important one and I need advice or help.
I have an almost one year old red footd tortoise named Fredric. I love her to death she is awesome crazy adventurous little tortoise. We call her the suicide tortoise cause she likes to jump off high places that can hurt her we have to watch her a lot.
({Oh the name i know shes a girl but at the time we didn't know her sex till we went to the vet for a check up a month after having her so it kinda stuck since we had been calling her that for a month lol}
So here is my problem
When i first got her I let her out in the back yard when the weather was nice so she could get out of her inside inclosure. It was kinda a bad idea but I made it work. She would go missing i would search for a while but i always would find her or she would be eating dog poop. Which i read a little isnt bad for her but all she wanted to do was eat poop.It started to become a problem.
SO recently i have built Fredric a pen outside near my garden for the summer months. Since its the right temperature for her and I felt bad shes always inside in her tank. ^^ So I built her a really nice pen that is two bricks high rectangle that is 5 1/2 feet in width and 8 feet in length plenty of room for my little guy. I put all the shabam in there food coverage all the need the tortoise could want and desire. Even little rocks to climb on and hide away to sleep or rest.
When i put her in there all she trys to do is escape to get to the dog poop. The brick is high but she trys to climb over it to where she flips over. Ill be in the backyard with her doing yard work Ill go over to check on her and she will be on her back not trying to flip over at all. Last time was two days ago I was in the yard for 2 hrs and i had to flip her over 3 times. Im so beyond worried that one day I wont be there or check on her to late and the worst will happen............
thanks
Jill
I try to let my tortoise to her thing but I'm worried she is depressed or unhappy cause when I bring her inside to her inside inclosure I have to watch her cause she is so pumped up from being outside she beings to pace and jump off objects in her tanks to where she flips over. I watch her till she gets worn out and goes into her log.
Im concerned and im not sure what to do?