franz_see
Active Member
Hi,
I actually have 2 questions, but I'll separate them into two threads.
Background: After 2 years of raising sulcata hatchlings and 1 year of raising indian star hatchlings, my wife and I have finally got our first Aldabra hatchling. We got ours just yesterday Needless to say, we're very new to this. We only have theoretical knowledge of caring for Aldabras but this is our first hands on experience.
One of the things we noticed though is that our Aldabra (named Watu), seems to like to burrow. We're not really surprised at that because even our stars burrow if they can. What's surprising though is that our Aldabra has burrowed about 2" deep into his coco earth. Considering that he's just 4" long, that's deeper than any of our tortoises including our sullies!
Our question is - is this normal? Do they really burrow that deep?
Note: needless to say, we've already reduced the amount of substrate in his enclosure. Still very curious though about this behavior.
Thoughts?
Thanks!
I actually have 2 questions, but I'll separate them into two threads.
Background: After 2 years of raising sulcata hatchlings and 1 year of raising indian star hatchlings, my wife and I have finally got our first Aldabra hatchling. We got ours just yesterday Needless to say, we're very new to this. We only have theoretical knowledge of caring for Aldabras but this is our first hands on experience.
One of the things we noticed though is that our Aldabra (named Watu), seems to like to burrow. We're not really surprised at that because even our stars burrow if they can. What's surprising though is that our Aldabra has burrowed about 2" deep into his coco earth. Considering that he's just 4" long, that's deeper than any of our tortoises including our sullies!
Our question is - is this normal? Do they really burrow that deep?
Note: needless to say, we've already reduced the amount of substrate in his enclosure. Still very curious though about this behavior.
Thoughts?
Thanks!