Hello guys,
I have a Russian tortoise, male and around 5-6 years old. Beginning this week he made a 360 turn in behaviour: from being very calm to very active, but not eating.
The last few months my tortoise was very calm. Not strange I assumed, because of the cold and rainy weather. He would still come out to bask and had a good appetite. I would soak him 3 or 4 times a week and hand feed him dandelions and dandelion leaves. That was his daily routine.
This week however, he has become very active. He would come out to bask, but after a while he would start climb and move everything in his enclosure. When I put him on my bed, he even started climbing on me. I'm planning to get him a bigger enclosure, that is after I've moved next month (his current enclosure is around 140 x 60). Knowing the weather is getting better I would assume his active behaviour is normal. Last year he had the same active behaviour, although it was later in the year (June).
But strange thing is, the past 2 days he would not eat anything. Not even when I feed him dandelions. He wouldn't even take a bite from his favorite snack. He would just ignore it and start running, climbing and try escaping his enclosure.
Is he going through some 'phase' or something? His settings, temps or anything has not been changed. Is this normal? Anyone having experience with this?
Kind regards,
Geng
I have a Russian tortoise, male and around 5-6 years old. Beginning this week he made a 360 turn in behaviour: from being very calm to very active, but not eating.
The last few months my tortoise was very calm. Not strange I assumed, because of the cold and rainy weather. He would still come out to bask and had a good appetite. I would soak him 3 or 4 times a week and hand feed him dandelions and dandelion leaves. That was his daily routine.
This week however, he has become very active. He would come out to bask, but after a while he would start climb and move everything in his enclosure. When I put him on my bed, he even started climbing on me. I'm planning to get him a bigger enclosure, that is after I've moved next month (his current enclosure is around 140 x 60). Knowing the weather is getting better I would assume his active behaviour is normal. Last year he had the same active behaviour, although it was later in the year (June).
But strange thing is, the past 2 days he would not eat anything. Not even when I feed him dandelions. He wouldn't even take a bite from his favorite snack. He would just ignore it and start running, climbing and try escaping his enclosure.
Is he going through some 'phase' or something? His settings, temps or anything has not been changed. Is this normal? Anyone having experience with this?
Kind regards,
Geng