Weird behaviour star tortoise

tortoise@india

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My star tortoise has a small shelter which is in its enclosure. It is in the shape of a triangle and from the last two days she is brushing the side of her shell to the wall forward and backward again and again. Does she want something or is she just itching?
 

Yvonne G

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Tortoises can feel through their shell, and quite a few of them rub their shells on something sort of like scratching an itch. Do a search for Hootchy Kootchy dance and you'll see pictures of RES loving a shell rub.
 

LaLaP

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One of our members here made a scratching station with a bristly brush so his torts could scratch all their itches! I loved the idea and made some for my torts but sadly they don’t care to scratch. Seems like yours would like it.
 
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