Can a Toroise go up a ramp?

[tortoisenana]

I thought I read on here somewhere about someone taking their tortoise to college and they were going to put him in a 2 level cage with a ramp. Can a tortoise go up a ramp like that? I'm not planning to do that it was just something that stuck in my head and I had to ask.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Yep, lots of people put ramps up to a second level.
The trick is to have sides or barriers to the ramp to stop the tortoise falling off!

 

[SarahChelonoidis]

It entirely depends on how steep the ramp is (and the size, species, and health of the tortoise). Some keepers use ramps.

 

[Nell100]

I thought I read on here somewhere about someone taking their tortoise to college and they were going to put him in a 2 level cage with a ramp. Can a tortoise go up a ramp like that? I'm not planning to do that it was just something that stuck in my head and I had to ask.

Hello! Here's Matilda climbing up an old piece of board that we had in the garden when we were clearing out our shed. As you can see she's climbing up slopes v well!
BTW I've never posted before. Live in central London. Have 3 tortoises. Harriet & Matilda are 12 years and we've had them for 3 yrs. Toggle is old, she's been in our family for 33 yrs.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Hello! Here's Matilda climbing up an old piece of board that we had in the garden when we were clearing out our shed. As you can see she's climbing up slopes v well!
BTW I've never posted before. Live in central London. Have 3 tortoises. Harriet & Matilda are 12 years and we've had them for 3 yrs. Toggle is old, she's been in our family for 33 yrs.

A very warm welcome to Tortoise Forum to you Nell and to Matilda, Harriet and 'old' Toggle.

 

[Gillian M]

Hello! Here's Matilda climbing up an old piece of board that we had in the garden when we were clearing out our shed. As you can see she's climbing up slopes v well!
BTW I've never posted before. Live in central London. Have 3 tortoises. Harriet & Matilda are 12 years and we've had them for 3 yrs. Toggle is old, she's been in our family for 33 yrs.

They're simply adorable.

 

[Speedy-1]

Yes they can go up a ramp , and down a ramp ! They can also flop off the sides of a ramp ! So you need sides or something that tapers gradually to the ground !

 

[Barrysulcata]

Hi and welcome

 

[tortoisenana]

Hello! Here's Matilda climbing up an old piece of board that we had in the garden when we were clearing out our shed. As you can see she's climbing up slopes v well!
BTW I've never posted before. Live in central London. Have 3 tortoises. Harriet & Matilda are 12 years and we've had them for 3 yrs. Toggle is old, she's been in our family for 33 yrs.

Hello Nell, Thanks for the photos. I'm a new mother of two baby tortoises and I want them to have plenty of things to enrich their day. The ramp maybe just what I need to add to my yard as Sargent likes to climb on everything and look around. I think he's planning an escape. lol He has flipped him self over lots of times. He always get righted on his own but I still worry about him. Yaya is too busy eating to pay any attention to him. Of course, they are too little to tell their gender so I just assigned them one.

 

[tortoisenana]

Hi and welcome

Hello, Barry There seems to be several people from the UK that have tortoises. My son just moved to London and I am going for a visit soon. Maybe I can meet some of y'all while I am there. I'm not bringing my tortoises on the trip. I don't think they would enjoy it much.

 

[tortoisenana]

Yep, lots of people put ramps up to a second level.
The trick is to have sides or barriers to the ramp to stop the tortoise falling off!

I had not thought about sides but I do see that they would be good. My Sargent would probably climb up and jump off. Well, I don't know it tortoises can "Jump" per say, but he would try. He's my little daredevil.

 

[Barrysulcata]

Hi shame thou I'm not in London I'm in Wales your always welcome

 

[tortoisenana]

That's not too far from London is it?

 

[JoesMum]

That's not too far from London is it?

That's not too far from London is it?

Umm... by British standards it's a long way

Of course, it depends where in Wales you're based, but it would take at least 2.5 hours by car to get to the nearest bit.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Umm... by British standards it's a long way

Of course, it depends where in Wales you're based, but it would take at least 2.5 hours by car to get to the nearest bit.

Interesting, isn't it ?
To us in the UK or Morocco, it's a long way, to some of our friends in the US, it's practically next door!

 

[tortoisenana]

I used to drive 15-16 hours once a month to visit my kids just because. It's all perspective. Just like tortoises, mine are about 5-6 inches and I know they are little but my friends think they are big. I can't wait to see theirs faces in 10-15 years. Hopefully, I'll have some really big torts by then. WooHoo!

 

[Barrysulcata]

Ur always welcome