cyberblue1
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My Mr. Zebo Quick is six 1/2 months. Slept alot for 1st week. But loves his uva uvb light. Light has alot to do with their activity I use a black light at night, and have trained him to come out daily between 8am and 9am.
We are in Arizona so Clyde does the normal eat, sleep and poop when it's the hot part of the day, but he also likes to come out and sun himself with his legs sticking out behind him in the morning and late afternoon when the sun isn't so strong. I can't find it, but there is a photo of Clyde laying next to our Pitt Bull George in the sun with their legs sticking out. We call it "Frog Dogging". He also likes to walk around following me or the dogs in the field eating clover or if we just irrigated he loves to plow through the water and pretend he is swimming... I have a video, but it won't up load, he LOVES water so I think he is probably the most hydrated desert tortoise ever. LOL! He loves to just hang out with us (he is still small, around 14" front to back his shell) so if we are out, he is out (his choice). He REALLY loves just walking around, so as long as he is supervised he has 1 1/3 acres to explore to his hearts desire, unsupervised he has his "tortoise yard" that has lots of shady spots, clover and plants he can eat.
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That is really cute! [emoji4]
My Desert Tortoise hates water, except for his soaks. He actually runs away if I turn the hose on him.We are in Arizona so Clyde does the normal eat, sleep and poop when it's the hot part of the day, but he also likes to come out and sun himself with his legs sticking out behind him in the morning and late afternoon when the sun isn't so strong. I can't find it, but there is a photo of Clyde laying next to our Pitt Bull George in the sun with their legs sticking out. We call it "Frog Dogging". He also likes to walk around following me or the dogs in the field eating clover or if we just irrigated he loves to plow through the water and pretend he is swimming... I have a video, but it won't up load, he LOVES water so I think he is probably the most hydrated desert tortoise ever. LOL! He loves to just hang out with us (he is still small, around 14" front to back his shell) so if we are out, he is out (his choice). He REALLY loves just walking around, so as long as he is supervised he has 1 1/3 acres to explore to his hearts desire, unsupervised he has his "tortoise yard" that has lots of shady spots, clover and plants he can eat.
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Yep, plotting, lots of plotting going on.Mine plots his next escape attempt.
We joke that Hoka is either on or off...no in-between. One part of that is their diet. If you add up the calories in the two handfuls of greens he eats a day it is about 100 calories (maybe less). So, considering he patrols the perimeter, and does some rock climbing between each nap, that is pretty impressive. Conserving energy and calories is part of being a reptile. Sleep, eat, play, repeat.Mine comes out of his burrow, eats, goes back in his burrow, comes out, eats, goes back in.
My question is...what does he do in his burrow? Can anything sleep that much? Sometimes I think he has a TV down there and watches Animal Planet or Nat Geo all day long!