Patjava30
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I've had a neat thought that I think merits some expert conversation. I saw a post of a cute russian tort sleeping, pretty cute, in the picture the individual who posted makes comment about her choice of substrates, coconut coir and repti-bark, which I use also she comments that she keeps the bark because her tort "likes" it. My tort was given to me with the bark, I realized it's not the ideal substrate so I changed it, bark on the bottom to help with air flow and coir on top. My tort went through the tank and brought all the bark to the surface and almost exclusively likes to rest/sleep on the bark now, even though he still has a bark/coir mix.
I'm not asking for help with this, he is a grown tort and can make his own choices. What I'm asking is why he chose to do this? Is it because this bark is what he's used to? All the torts I've seen in the dreaded pet store are kept on bark. So is this a neuroplastic response for my tort? Are torts and other reptiles capable of this higher brain function? As a person with a heavy psychology background I'm thinking I've found some really great PhD research for myself haha. What are everyone's thoughts?
Thanks Patrick.
I'm not asking for help with this, he is a grown tort and can make his own choices. What I'm asking is why he chose to do this? Is it because this bark is what he's used to? All the torts I've seen in the dreaded pet store are kept on bark. So is this a neuroplastic response for my tort? Are torts and other reptiles capable of this higher brain function? As a person with a heavy psychology background I'm thinking I've found some really great PhD research for myself haha. What are everyone's thoughts?
Thanks Patrick.