31-12-2011, 05:34 PM | #11 |
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Joe is a Graeca not a Horsfield, but he is another roamer. Giving him plenty of obstacles to climb over seems to help... he's quite big, so I use house bricks! He spends his roaming time deliberately climbing the bricks... they get moved as I clean the enclosure, but he pushes them round too!
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31-12-2011, 06:30 PM | #12 |
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My 4/5 year old hermann male is the same as well...always climbing up the sides of his table and climbing over anything he can set his eyes on. Putting things in for him to climb over definitely seemed to help him although he does still climb the sides lol
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01-01-2012, 02:32 AM | #13 |
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My Horsfield male is often roaming. (had him < 1 year, no hibernation this year).
I have a ramp to a small second level where I feed him (easier to keep clean). He is constantly stomping up there to check if any new food has appeared, then back down to bask. If food is too long in coming, he then has 2 spots where he tries to get out and it makes a lot of noise...
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What are you calling 'good' temperatures. It could be too warm for him. You should be able to provide a warm basking site with a much cooler end in that enclosure.
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01-01-2012, 09:25 PM | #15 |
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He does it regardless of temperature, whether he's outside or just walking about the house with no light on at all.
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06-01-2012, 01:58 PM | #17 |
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i have the opposite problem with my two hoursefield, all they want to do is sleep
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