Believe me males always do....especially when it gets warmer....they fly around the garden....and only stop to nibble when necessary...

Ed.....may I ask why you say it is hard to settle adults in....

I have pondered what you said and have only ever had one problem with 3 hermanns...who are in their 40's and had been kept in a viv for the previous two years.....and fed jam sandwiches!! The eating wasnt a problem...they settled to graze after two weeks....they were however used to higher temps and were very slow to respond to the change to outside 24/7...we have conquered the urge to dig in after 4 weeks...non the less....

Is it perhaps because ones of this age in US may come from a different temp zone.....climate...if rehomed....here in the UK the climate is pretty much of a much ness. I can see the wild caught adults...if there were some over here needing a little more settling.....but not these adults who will have been here for over 30 yrs for the most part.

Geez that went on a bit but do you get my drift??

Base on my experience and that of which I read on these forums it is more common to see notes were the tortoise becomes inactive and is reluctant to eat.

The summer time makes it easier because you can put them outdoors.

This is not a given but is more common than not.

Again, as I mentioned... these guys to get imprinted with certain behaviors.

Ed

Again....from what I have read on the forums.....the instances where this happens tends to be where the tortoise is possibly unwell..

I agree with new babies and youngsters the settling in can be a little longer.

I am not advocating that people dont try to get as much history as possible and stick to the routine...especially new keepers....nor that they dont heed what you say....only that in my experience...limited as it is to
20= old timers...I have not experienced this with older torts who have had the english garden tort upbringing...