Sensitive hearing?

[SleepyWilly]

Do they have sensitive hearing at all? Will loud noises like a vacuum cleaner really bother them or hurt there ears? Thanks.

[Salamanda]

would help if you told us what you where on about

[-EJ]

They are sensitive to low frequency sounds. I saw a talk recently on Gopher tortoises where it is suspected that they communicate using low frequency sound... Ray Ashton gave the talk.

I don't think a vacuum would hurt their ears.

Ed

Originally Posted by SleepyWilly

Do they have sensitive hearing at all? Will loud noises like a vacuum cleaner really bother them or hurt there ears? Thanks.

[SleepyWilly]

Originally Posted by Salamanda

would help if you told us what you where on about

Loud noises hurting their hearing. Thanks ed.

[-EJ]

This might help more... if you are into Hip-Hop and crank up the base... that would probably hurt the animal...

Frequency is the key... their ears are designed for low frequency hearing... Loud low frequency... would probably be uncomfortable to a tortoise.

ed

Originally Posted by SleepyWilly

Loud noises hurting their hearing. Thanks ed.

[Carlie]

My baby Sulcata gets out of bed and tells me off if I vacuum after the lights go out. When the vacuum cleaner is turned off, she goes back to bed.

If the TV is on, she doesn't bother and it doesn't keep her up. I'm guessing, as has been said, low frequency noise is the key.

I always thought that reptiles were sensitive to vibrations anyway?

[SleepyWilly]

Alright thanks for the feedback and thats pretty cute claire :p

[Andy n Claire]

my torts like the tv and music,
we have tested them,i turn the tv and lights ect on and andy was watching them soon as they herd us they would get up and want to be out of their table to see what we were doing.
they also know when its dinner time aswell they seem to know when i coming through the door with it wired

[Salamanda]

Originally Posted by SleepyWilly

Loud noises hurting their hearing. Thanks ed.

oh just tortoises in general :P


as soon as my oldest tort hears me come in through the door he tries to get out of his tort table