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About a week ago our friend rescued a medium size sulcata that was wandering her neighborhood. We have two smaller sulcata's already, so we took this tortoise in when no one claimed her. She has been happily renovating my backyard for a few days now and seems to really like my wife and daughter.
Today I was working on a smaller enclosure for the two small guys so I could finally move them outside. About 20 minutes after the little guys got moved outside the larger, new tortoise starting dang near running around the yard. Then she (we were told it's a girl and the underside is not concave) started following me around, I thought she was checking out my bright yellow sandals. My wife came out and she was sniffing her toes..... Then she bit her. Fairly hard and drew blood. We cleaned it very well with antibacterial soap immediately and put ointment on it. My question is why the sudden "aggression"? Is this normal? Could she smell the others in their enclosure 4 feet off the ground? Any ideas out there?? Thanks!
Today I was working on a smaller enclosure for the two small guys so I could finally move them outside. About 20 minutes after the little guys got moved outside the larger, new tortoise starting dang near running around the yard. Then she (we were told it's a girl and the underside is not concave) started following me around, I thought she was checking out my bright yellow sandals. My wife came out and she was sniffing her toes..... Then she bit her. Fairly hard and drew blood. We cleaned it very well with antibacterial soap immediately and put ointment on it. My question is why the sudden "aggression"? Is this normal? Could she smell the others in their enclosure 4 feet off the ground? Any ideas out there?? Thanks!