Hi, we live in Fort Lee, New Jersey, USA. It is a Korean town with many H-Marts. H-Mart has fresh cucumbers for our tortoises. Nice to be in the forum with you!
Every two to three weeks we transport our torts form Pennsylvania to New Jersey. It is a 2 hours drive. The older tort move around a lot in his pet container and defecates a few times, the younger one sleeps well. We bring disposable gloves, hand sanitizer, baby wipes and plenty of paper...
Agreed as a last resort, instead of artificial contact like the mirror or tortoise toy which are biologically scentless. coordinating your tortoise to be with a real (healthy) tortoise is recommended. As per my observation when our two tortoise first united, it was endless sniffing and...
The tortoises require exercise. Once soaked, after excretion and washed, the tortoises are dried off and permitted to walk in the living room floor. Sometimes, both walk very fast or walk slowly. When tired both stop and rest in a dark corner.
Realistic toy, two tortoises sometimes fight (male-male), including male and female. I have two Eastern Hermanns in separate enclosures. Both hermanns follow each other outside their enclosures when allowed to walk in the living room floor. The youngest one likes to smell the older one...