FrankiesMom
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Thank you everyone for all of your assistance with building a night box for my leopard tortoise, Frankie.
It has been completed but I have a few questions as he appears to be a creature of habit:
1) Right now he goes to a corner of the outdoor enclosure and tucks himself into his shell and goes to sleep around 7pm. Will he eventually go into the night box on his own in the evening once he gets used to sleeping in there? I will still go out and lock him in but just curious if he will eventually find comfort in there.
2) Will he eventually know to go into the warm night box when the temperature drops outside – for example, it can be 90+ degrees but when there is a heavy rain the temp usually drops to a point that is chilly for me – and I assume not warm enough for him. Right now he just huddles in a corner so I go out and grab him and put him in the night box where it’s warm. My other concern is in the “winter” months here in Florida it can get chilly. I understand that I still need to open the door to the night box in the morning so he can come out – but will he know to go back in if he gets cold?
3) I had attached the plastic door flaps to the door opening of his night box; however, he won’t come out through that for some reason so I removed it. But now rain blows in. Will he eventually get over his diversion to the flaps and walk out through it?
Thank you in advance for your help! I don’t know what I would do without this group!
It has been completed but I have a few questions as he appears to be a creature of habit:
1) Right now he goes to a corner of the outdoor enclosure and tucks himself into his shell and goes to sleep around 7pm. Will he eventually go into the night box on his own in the evening once he gets used to sleeping in there? I will still go out and lock him in but just curious if he will eventually find comfort in there.
2) Will he eventually know to go into the warm night box when the temperature drops outside – for example, it can be 90+ degrees but when there is a heavy rain the temp usually drops to a point that is chilly for me – and I assume not warm enough for him. Right now he just huddles in a corner so I go out and grab him and put him in the night box where it’s warm. My other concern is in the “winter” months here in Florida it can get chilly. I understand that I still need to open the door to the night box in the morning so he can come out – but will he know to go back in if he gets cold?
3) I had attached the plastic door flaps to the door opening of his night box; however, he won’t come out through that for some reason so I removed it. But now rain blows in. Will he eventually get over his diversion to the flaps and walk out through it?
Thank you in advance for your help! I don’t know what I would do without this group!