Do Red-foots Burrow? New evidence

[zenoandthetortoise]

Not super effective, but high marks for effort and overall mud wallowing

 

[christinaland128]

My Brazilian red likes to dig a little hole and just keep his head out. My Columbian red likes to hide in his log.

 

[christinaland128]

Haha! He's cute!

 

[zenoandthetortoise]

This guy lived with a baby Sulcata for his first month. No idea what was discussed, but he (tries) to dig burrows, likes to bask, even eats the occasional grass, despite every care sheet I've ever seen. Coincidence? You decide!

 

[naturalman91]

mine doesn't burrow so to say but he indent's hisself att night almost like a little bed

 

[mike taylor]

My reds dig little hole to sleep in . But no tunnels .

 

[guille24]

I have never seen mine dig a hole or anything , They like to hide between the bushes and tall grass .

 

[zenoandthetortoise]

Mine generally " burrows" into the moss in his hide box But in my fern garden, there are vertical walls of earth. He will dig in a couple of inches and then settle in for a nap. kind of employing the ostrich strategy

 

[Ramus]

My baby redfoot completely digs himself in and borrows out in the morning.

 

[pfara]

Zeno, maybe your guy is related to my guys They completely bury themselves in moss or the base of plants. The only way I know where they are is searching for "breathing moss". Then they smell food coming and the giant moss piles start coming towards me. It's super adorable and hilarious at the same time.

 

[redfootdaddy]

My redfoot burrows CONSTANTLY. We just changed her substrate to topsoil and now she looks like Swamp Thing. If she isn't trying to do tortoise parkour and climb on everything in sight, she's burying herself completely.

 

[zenoandthetortoise]

tortoise parkour.

Awesome. That was a literal LOL
I think all the mutant ninja stuff has really encouraged reckless tort. behavior

 

[Watsonpartyof4]

My Tyrone like to burrow. He also like to dig holes hand have his kinky way with it. He will dig a hole and sleep in it. Then have his kinky way with it. He like to climb on top of mounds of substrate and have his kinky way with it. But he does like to dig.

 

[Jacqui]

Are we calling the little hollowed out areas "tunnels" or are we calling tunnels the ones they dig under the soil, until they are covered all the way by the upper soil layer? Mine do the pits, but never have I saw a real tunnel.

 

[Itort]

I agree with Jacqui. Mine dig what I call pallets but no true burrows. I have read that they will utilize other animals burrows (giant armadillos for example) but don't dig their own.

 

[Christina Chornomud]

Mine burrows like the dickens! Every time he is in his enclosure, it's time to burrow! LOL.

 

[stojanovski92113]

I have never seen mine dig a hole or anything , They like to hide between the bushes and tall grass .

Same here...my torts usually hide. And man they blend in so well outside! I could lose them in a heartbeat . They are slow but so fast . Mine occasionally will dig deep in the grass, I think more so looking for bugs or something.

 

[bluewolf]

Mine digs as deep as he can and tries to get under as deep as pile of substrate as he can. That is the biggest pile of substrate is where he is

 

[Redfoot NERD]

I agree with Jacqui. Mine dig what I call pallets but no true burrows. I have read that they will utilize other animals burrows (giant armadillos for example) but don't dig their own.

Hey Larry @Itort -- give me a shout [ you came to mind the other day ] -- [email protected]

 

[bluewolf]

Mine digs as deep as he can to get substrate on top of self but at 5-6 mo don’t know rest of his story.

Laura