ATJ
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How can I get our Desert Tortoise to use his new outside house. The cool weather will be here soon and I need him to go in there like a Roomba😊. Any tips would be much appreciated.
Thank you,
ATJ
Thank you,
ATJ
Thank you for your suggestions😀.If it can be moved try a new location N E S W ideally they want warmth so ensure sun gets on it but there is ventilation if it gets very hot etc.... Make sure there is substrate inside. Post a pic if required. My tortoise follows the sun and moves around. It will have explored the hide as they are nosy!
Thank you for your suggestions 😀Put him in it every night and he should be shut it. Then each morning, open the door.
Eventually he should do it on his own as far as going in. But you should still lock him in each night.
What do you suggest for substrate, hay?Thank you for your suggestions😀.
No, hay is too drying. Dig up some of the ground dirt or you can use coconut coir, orchid bark, or nothing.What do you suggest for substrate, hay?
1. Put the box where he wants to sleep, if possible.What do you suggest for substrate, hay?
If it can be moved try a new location N E S W ideally they want warmth so ensure sun gets on it but there is ventilation if it gets very hot etc.... Make sure there is substrate inside. Post a pic if required. My tortoise follows the sun and moves around. It will have explored the hide as they are nosy!
Thank you for the suggestions. Yes he has a heating Mat. I believe it’s by revival. It seems nice a cozy in there.No, hay is too drying. Dig up some of the ground dirt or you can use coconut coir, orchid bark, or nothing.
Do you have it heated for those cold nights? If he can't naturally burrow, he will need heat.
Thank you🐢. Hopping he gets it.There are ALWAYS one or more tortoises that just don't figure it out and have to be physically put into the heated houses. And then locked in so that they don't wander back outside
He may. He may not.Thank you🐢. Hopping he gets it.
He may. He may not.
Be prepared to go out into the chilly night and do it yourself.
Yes.We tortoise hunt everyday around 4pm😊. He’s such a good hider.