Hearing ....

Clarky · 25-01-2007, 08:01 PM

I've always wondered, and have only just remembered to ask you guys !
Are torts sensitive to hearing ?
I'm always cautious when playing music at a volume around my torts table ...
Any help appreciated !

Henry-flash · 25-01-2007, 08:03 PM

They do. Mine know when you are talking as they come over to see whats going on. They also seem to respond to the radio which I have on in the background when I am cleaning the shed.

niamherrity · 25-01-2007, 08:10 PM

I know mine look's very interested when i talk to her so i know her hearing is very good she's my very own agony aunt

god love her

I'm sure like all animals if it's not to loud they don't seem to mind it i love my radio on ,she seems to sleep's though it

vivp · 25-01-2007, 09:25 PM

mine stop what they are doing when i go into the shed they hear me coming, god knows how they will cope when the kids get in there, i will have to get the tortoises some cotton wool for there ears lol.

26-01-2007, 12:09 AM

They do not hear as we do, but are sensitive to vibrations when we walk and different pitches. I have a blind tort and if I shout her in a silly high pitched voice she picks her head up and almost runs towards me. If I talk in lower tones it takes longer for her to pick up that I am there. It is said that outside they respond to the vibrations in the ground as we walk and by sight rather than sound. Mine seem unaffected by loud music unless there is a strong base

25-01-2007, 08:01 PM	#1
Clarky Junior Member Egg Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Lincolnshire, UK Posts: 37	Hearing .... I've always wondered, and have only just remembered to ask you guys ! Are torts sensitive to hearing ? I'm always cautious when playing music at a volume around my torts table ... Any help appreciated ! __________________ . . × * » Cℓαякч !

25-01-2007, 08:03 PM	#2
Henry-flash Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Cheshire Posts: 9,304	They do. Mine know when you are talking as they come over to see whats going on. They also seem to respond to the radio which I have on in the background when I am cleaning the shed. __________________ Peter Keeping: Testudo hermanni, Testudo graeca (graeca & ibera ), Testudo horsfieldi, Astrochelys radiata, Malacochersus tornieri and Kinixys belliana. The North West Tortoise Group

25-01-2007, 08:10 PM	#3
niamherrity Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: klidare/ireland Posts: 2,827	I know mine look's very interested when i talk to her so i know her hearing is very good she's my very own agony aunt god love her I'm sure like all animals if it's not to loud they don't seem to mind it i love my radio on ,she seems to sleep's though it

25-01-2007, 09:25 PM	#4
vivp Member Hatched Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 334	mine stop what they are doing when i go into the shed they hear me coming, god knows how they will cope when the kids get in there, i will have to get the tortoises some cotton wool for there ears lol.

26-01-2007, 12:09 AM	#5
wizzasmum Guest Posts: n/a	They do not hear as we do, but are sensitive to vibrations when we walk and different pitches. I have a blind tort and if I shout her in a silly high pitched voice she picks her head up and almost runs towards me. If I talk in lower tones it takes longer for her to pick up that I am there. It is said that outside they respond to the vibrations in the ground as we walk and by sight rather than sound. Mine seem unaffected by loud music unless there is a strong base

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