Is he in his own outdoor run?

 

He has a cage he sleeps and lounges in (in the morning) and he usually roams around the LARGE downstairs area of our house; however we do "walk" him outside in our garden on occassion.

 

At this time of year he should be out 24/7. It has been mid-20s here in the UK (parts of) for several days now so ideal tortoise weather. Letting them wander about inside isn't ideal.

 

Oh yeah, I'm in California, so I definitely take him out a lot, but we don't have an outdoor cage. That last reply from me was more of his general schedule. I need help with his agression though

 

Well you can't train him. I imagine he is getting stressed and wants to get out into the sunshine and not be shut in indoors.

Get building a safe enclosure where he can be outdoors in natural sunshine, providing water and obviously shade.

 

To be honest, he seems quite fine indoors, he does little tortoise yoga poses as I like to call them; what I'm saying is he goes out this time of year, he isn't trapped. He just really likes shoes, and I know I cannot train him like a dog, but can I somehow help the agression? It might be because of sexual maturity based on what I've read; idk

 

How is housed indoors with a uvb source?

 

Yea he has a UV lamp and a heat lamp, water and he actually instead of a log nestles in timothy hay, it's cute. He eats a wide range of food as well, all safe of course (no iceburg lettuce, etc.).

 

Tortoises do try and bite toes, shoes anything they think could be food.
Male tortoises are the worst, as they not only try and bite shoes etc, but will try and mate with shoes, stones anything they think is worth a go:0)
Its hormones, and not much you can do about it I am afraid.