Jackjames
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Hello,
Signed up the forum to hopefully pick up any tips from experianced tortoise owners.
My girlfriend was given a tortoise a year or so ago called flash (lol) unfortunatly when we came home one day we found he had ended up on his back due to a tunnel that was in his box and he had died.
She was devasted but a few months later i surprised her with a new tortoise that she named squirt, a horsefield that we think is around 5 years old.
For months he would shoot into his shell if you put your hand anywhere near him and all he did would lay under his hay and would not eat. (Possibly trying to hibernate?)
Now he is unbelievably lively we get him out as much as possibly and he runs around the kitchen floor like a possessed tortoise.
Are tortoises known for being so lively? I feel like he needs so much exercise
Signed up the forum to hopefully pick up any tips from experianced tortoise owners.
My girlfriend was given a tortoise a year or so ago called flash (lol) unfortunatly when we came home one day we found he had ended up on his back due to a tunnel that was in his box and he had died.
She was devasted but a few months later i surprised her with a new tortoise that she named squirt, a horsefield that we think is around 5 years old.
For months he would shoot into his shell if you put your hand anywhere near him and all he did would lay under his hay and would not eat. (Possibly trying to hibernate?)
Now he is unbelievably lively we get him out as much as possibly and he runs around the kitchen floor like a possessed tortoise.
Are tortoises known for being so lively? I feel like he needs so much exercise