a few posts ago i posted about tank trying to kill him self humping off his wooden house,well today i was out earlie 7.30am his lights were on from 6am fed the torts b4 going out,come home at 1pm and i have a tortoise missing,yes its troublesom tank!!!............................
i dug his mud up to find him and nope he wernt ther i was frantic,must have looked like a dog trying to find a bone flicking mud all over the place,then the aspen its all over the place ,
still no tort??????????
sofa's next i thaught, i have 2 sofas, pulled them out and he wasnt there,after recovering from aasthma attack from the dust under the sofa's (yes im a mucky cow lol)
i moved the tort table and i herd a bang.ST was my firs thaught,i knew it was him. i didnt dare look,i peered under the table through the stand and i seen his legs and his little head he looked like he was doing a star jump he was on his back still no life in him at all,,,,,
i picked him up and touched his leg and he sucked into his shell.YEY he moved hes alive,
i put him in his table to bask and gave him some more dinner and he has picked up he has eaten some dinner,so guess he is going to be fine,the thing is the tortoise table is 1 and a half times taller than he is that with him standing on top of it,the house is coming out,did ourginaly have it in the middle of his table but he pushed it into the corner hes a little sod,

i gave him a good telling off and he is sulking now such a naughty boy.just like a typical toddler,god help me when squirt gets his size lol.......
i sware he is a monkey traped inside his shell.

will update with ne more going ons lol

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really sounds like you have your hands full there

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1.0 lop rabbit - molly
1.0 guinea pig - rainbow
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1.1 kids chloe and connor 1.0 oh - matt

honestley he is a little bugger.
i have took his house out and he is sulking with me ,he is destroying his water dish now trying to move it,he has no chance tho its huge lol

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Andy n Claire i no how u feel, r torts paddy was born mischievous,(just like tank)
we used to have a tort table for paddy,which had a draw under,it was about 1 meter off the ground, with high walls, but he was forever climbing out, he use to land on the dogs cage(if he was lucky) if not it was a tiled floor(which must have hurt) so we made him a new pen,which is ground level, made up of 10 large seed trays, with a mdf frame(which is a lot higher), he still tries to climb out!!!!! in the seed trays have differnt things in, he has, 1 which is used as a swimming pool(which he loves) 1 is a towel(to dry off after a swim) we grow cress and grass in 2 of the trays so he can grase wen its too cold to go in the garden, another 3 have sand and pebbles so he can climb, 2 more r wood chipping that he sleeps and digs in(his lamp and heat mat r in this area with a tunnel) and the final tray has slate for him to keep his nails down.

if any1 has any suggestions to better this set-up or for a change for him, im open to options,

thanx

alexis your torts totally like mine,he is a absolute night mare he has allsorts in his table hides tunnels cress slate pool,he still aint satisfied lol

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haha thought it was just paddy,i thought id spoilt him 2 much, glad im not alone with a torts thats troubelsome, its a good job i love him

andy says im mental,i tell him off and talk to him he said like he can hear you.

he does,it was funny last night he wouldnt go to sleep and he was trying to get out ,i said naughty tank go to bed and we cracked up laughing he went to his hide and went to sleep it was so funny,coincidence like but andy was gob smacked lol

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Sounds like you both have a handful there and by the sounds of it they both have beautiful homes, it's like they say - the grass is always greener somewhere else!!
Still it's things like that that give them their unique personality as well as giving you a panic attack when they go missing - good luck!!

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Take care

Denise x

presumably you'll be changing to a suitable enclosure or modifying this one so it's fit for purpose? It'll only keep happening.

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