Should I make a boundry in my glass indoor enclosure

[tijnvdheuvel]

My 5 year old Sulcata tortoise seems to keep banging against his glass enclosure recently I've been looking into it and it seems like glass confuses him. Should I cover the glass walls (The bottom 10 cm) so he can't directly walk into an "Invisible" wall?

 

[Tolis]

Yes do it. Also share pics of the enclosure because probably theres more things that need improvement

 

[JoesMum]

A 5 year old Sulcata should be far too big for a glass enclosure. I suspect your tort is telling you it needs more floor space.

I suggest you give this a read and compare it with your setup

The Best Way To Raise A Sulcata, Leopard, Or Star Tortoise

I chose the title of this care sheet very carefully. Are there other ways to raise babies? Yes. Yes there are, but those ways are not as good. What follows is the BEST way, according to 30 years of research and experimentation with hundreds of babies of many species. Babies hatch during the...

www.tortoiseforum.org

 

[tijnvdheuvel]

So I suspect my little guy has had improper diet for while, last month or so I started researching after stumbling across a few articles about what his size should be... I, as my others had been told the wrong stuff at the reptile shop.
My tort weighs an 338 grams (0.72 pounds)... and is about 13 cm (5.1 inch)
I just read the guide and will be changing his drinking dish to one that is easier accesible since I suspect I've been sold one for snakes and other reptiles...

 

[tijnvdheuvel]

Here are some photos of the enclosure....
I'll get some better pictures of the tort when he gets out of it's hide.

 

[Maggie3fan]

You need to do more then change a water dish. A healthy 5 yr old Sulcata should weigh 40-50 lbs. and would not fit in any glass aquarium. Please read that care sheet that JoesMum posted for you...

 

[JoesMum]

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[Maggie3fan]

You need to do more then change a water dish. A healthy 5 yr old Sulcata should weigh 40-50 lbs. and would not fit in any glass aquarium. Please read that care sheet that JoesMum posted for you...

Just now saw the habitat. Cute and obviously a nice place to live. But what is his diet? Something is wrong tho

 

[tijnvdheuvel]

Just now saw the habitat. Cute and obviously a nice place to live. But what is his diet? Something is wrong tho

Untill recently he's been getting way less fibers than he should be getting, (I suspect)
Before that he usually got bell pepers, lettuce, aragula, spinach. And in the summer he would sometimes be let outside on the grass.

Currently he's getting dried grasses mixed with some fresh grass I cut from the field in the garden (70 ~ 80 percent). As well as some lettuce. (I put some vitamin & calcium supplement on it each other day)

So this was the previous dish after reading the article from joesmum I changed it to the one in the pictures above.

 

[Maggie3fan]

Here are some photos of the enclosure....
I'll get some better pictures of the tort when he gets out of it's hide.View attachment 313089View attachment 313090View attachment 313091View attachment 313092View attachment 313093

It looks like a great place to live...but your substrate doesn't look like it would hold humidity, and that hay, or dried grasses will mold. You need about 80% humidity and a damp substrate. Read the car sheet, it really does help