Salt and pepper a right pair..........of tortoises!

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March 25th, 2005 00:00
California
monkeychris
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if anyone has a tortoise than they will know how much they are lovable and wish that nothing bad will eva happen to them.But mine keep on turning on there back and if they stay there to long they will die. i dont feel like going out the house becausethey may turn over and stay there to long. i dont know what to do can anyone help or give suggestions
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Aug 29th, 2005 15:59
United Kingdom
blonndesarah
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what sort of enclosure do you have for your tortoises? do you have rocks in there?
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Sept 1st, 2005 22:19
United Kingdom
TheGuys
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What sort of substrate do you have? Is it possible that they are digging into it and mnaging to tip over. The best thing to do is watch them, and see what is causing them to tip over and if you can remove it.. The things that cause them to tip over are also helpful for them to turn back over the right way, such as bankings, rocks and brances. Removing some or all of these things may help or make it worse, so it depends what they are turning themselves over on. Some tortoises just climb the walls of their cage and tip over, so objects in the cage maybe helpful, if they are turning themselves over on a banking flatten it out ect. You are doing the right thing making sure they dont stay on thier backs to long, they will suffocate.
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