JennyBrown
New Member
Hey!
I'm kinda at a loss here, I have had my russian tortoise for 2 years now, he used to be in a glass terrarium and he didn't seem to have any problems, I know it wasn't big enough but space and money makes my options limited.
I decided to make him a new terrarium out of wood and pond lining on the interior, but now he won't stop banging/headbutting the walls.
He also has a second floor in the terrarium to try and give him more room to run and climb, at first it started where he'd go in a corner on the second floor and just scratching at the corner walls for hours without end. I work from home so the noise was unbearable so I blocked off the second floor while I work... but now he's banging the walls on the bottom area none the less.
I've read that they'll bang on glass walls cause they can't understand that they can't get through, but he never did that in his old terrarium cause I put sight guards, but why is he doing it now??
What can I do to stop this/make him feel more comfortable? I'm not understanding what this behavior means.
I'm kinda at a loss here, I have had my russian tortoise for 2 years now, he used to be in a glass terrarium and he didn't seem to have any problems, I know it wasn't big enough but space and money makes my options limited.
I decided to make him a new terrarium out of wood and pond lining on the interior, but now he won't stop banging/headbutting the walls.
He also has a second floor in the terrarium to try and give him more room to run and climb, at first it started where he'd go in a corner on the second floor and just scratching at the corner walls for hours without end. I work from home so the noise was unbearable so I blocked off the second floor while I work... but now he's banging the walls on the bottom area none the less.
I've read that they'll bang on glass walls cause they can't understand that they can't get through, but he never did that in his old terrarium cause I put sight guards, but why is he doing it now??
What can I do to stop this/make him feel more comfortable? I'm not understanding what this behavior means.