CAN I STOP MY SULCATA TORTOISE FROM DIGGING?

by MONICA Maraspini
(LODI, CA)

THIS IS

THIS IS "CHARLIE" my sulcata tortoise

I HAVE A SULCATA THAT I HAVE HAD FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW AND WAS TOLD THAT HE IS ABOUT 6 YEARS OLD. HE JUST STARTED DIGGING AND MAKING A TUNNEL A FEW WEEKS AGO AND IS NOW ABOUT 5 FT LONG AND I AM WORRIED THAT HE MAY DIG OUT UNDER OUR FENCE AND "GOD KNOWS WHERE" INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WHAT CAN I DO TO STOP THIS OR CAN YOU STOP THIS BEHAVIOR. I AM WORRIED THAT I WILL LOSE HIM AS HIS TUNNEL IS HEADING IN THE DIRECTION "OUT" OF OUR YARD SOON. ANY HELP WOULD MUCH BE APPRECIATED.

SINCERELY,

MONICA MARASPINI

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Aug 15, 2015

Tortoise(Sulcata specific) digging
by: Bill in Cape Canaveral

If,...."IF" there is room/space and "NO" way for it to escape (under a fence,etc.),....Then by all means,"LET IT DIG".It's a great way for your tortoise to have a (hopefully) have a safe place that is in some way a"WEATHER-CONTROLLED" escape.It will come out in the day before NOON to heat-up and gain energy (A LIVING SOLAR PANEL).Your "TORT" will be contented and HAPPIER & HEALTHIER to be rid of you (so to speak).Digging IS what they DO and what they ARE,......Digging/Eating machines.,....Good luck.

Aug 19, 2011

sulcatas
by: Anonymous

i had a 5 mounth old sulcata and the ratcoon in my backyard took it so i got another one and i now keeep in in a cage inside my house how old will it have to be to be able to fend for itself when it comes to ratcoons and birds?

Jun 11, 2011

tortises
by: Anonymous

i have a sulcata as whell but he is 30. to stop him from digging simple give him a house. that should get rid of his hbbit to dig. but if you whant him to dig, and have a tunnel as a home heres what you do. first of all, these guys can burro up to 6 feet wide and 30 feet deep tunnels. thisa is bad because itcould flood of colapse, killing him. but if you let him dig a little ab=nd put wooden planks in the burrow, he will stop digging

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