Dubiskwii
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I recently adopted two Sulcata "yearlings" and I feel they're settling in OK.
I've had a few questions answered in my introductions thread (separating them, enclosures & lights etc) but i have a question regarding my smaller tort.
I feel that living as a pair has not allowed the smaller tortoise (Rocksteady) to feed/drink as much as he would otherwise, and im very sad to say they were both raised dry. Damn reptile houses and their uninformed staff, and more so damn owners who cant google "how to keep a tortoise" i swear.
Anywho, with a week of soaks and sunshine the skin soreness has all but gone from Rocksteady's neck crease - but he still exhibits behaviour that the other Sully (Bebop) doesn't at all.
Rocksteady appears to be gulping or swallowing incessantly, not hard or straining to do so, but it worries me.
I've read that head bobbing is a sign of dominance, and that the smaller tortoise can be the dominant one - but I don't believe this is the case here.
He doesn't appear to be swallowing air or anything, has anyone else had a tort that gulps a lot?
I recently adopted two Sulcata "yearlings" and I feel they're settling in OK.
I've had a few questions answered in my introductions thread (separating them, enclosures & lights etc) but i have a question regarding my smaller tort.
I feel that living as a pair has not allowed the smaller tortoise (Rocksteady) to feed/drink as much as he would otherwise, and im very sad to say they were both raised dry. Damn reptile houses and their uninformed staff, and more so damn owners who cant google "how to keep a tortoise" i swear.
Anywho, with a week of soaks and sunshine the skin soreness has all but gone from Rocksteady's neck crease - but he still exhibits behaviour that the other Sully (Bebop) doesn't at all.
Rocksteady appears to be gulping or swallowing incessantly, not hard or straining to do so, but it worries me.
I've read that head bobbing is a sign of dominance, and that the smaller tortoise can be the dominant one - but I don't believe this is the case here.
He doesn't appear to be swallowing air or anything, has anyone else had a tort that gulps a lot?