Tortoise staying awake and active all night?

Sue Ann

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He's almost 4. Nothing has changed in his enclosure.View attachment 283048 View attachment 283049 View attachment 283050 It's fairly modest because he destroys anything I put in there. The only thing that changed was he had to come inside full time for winter about a month ago. Normally in the summer he's outside during the day and comes inside to his enclosure at night. He's been inside a few weeks though and this just started 3 nights ago. His hide and under his light stays 84-86 and the other side stays 74-76. Temps have always been the same.
Looks really dry. Especially since you have the house furnace on.
 

William Lee Kohler

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My Redfoot Murphy usually goes in his hide and sleeps all night till the lights come on in the morning. He has done this for the few years now I've had him. For the past 3 nights though he hasn't gone to sleep, at all. He is walking around his enclosure, banging into the walls, digging, and scratching his shell against things, literally ALL NIGHT! His enclosure is in my room and all I hear is scratching and clunking noises nonstop. He is driving me nuts! I don't know what is going on with him or why he's doing this. Anybody else ever experience this or have any ideas what's going on here?

There's no picture of him. Come on and reveal.
 

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OK, now I can agree he looks too dry(his environment)and if not getting it needs to have soaks several times a week as well as tube type UVB lighting added and closer to floor of the box.
 

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I think he needs a humid hide. But so far, he looks amazing. Maybe he will start to pyramid soon though, without added humidity by covering the enclosure or getting him a humid hide box.
 

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I think he needs a humid hide. But so far, he looks amazing. Maybe he will start to pyramid soon though, without added humidity by covering the enclosure or getting him a humid hide box.
He's got a humid hide. The little black box in the corner is packed with moist Sphagnum Moss. He's been housed the same way when not outside for going on 3 years and has grown smooth so I'm not too worried about Pyramiding at this point.IMG_20191109_191705742.jpg
 

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Well then it all seems perfect! All you need to keep him quiet and let you get some sleep, is a padded cell. Just joking. Or a larger humid hide box.:)
 

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Sometimes Artemis just randomly decides to come out and hang out all night too. I'll go to see if she is stressed out or something at 9:30 pm , and she'll just follow me around her table and want her butt scratched. Usually she seems to have a built in bed time.
 
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