Humidity?

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Originally Posted by Suze65

True, but if you keep the substrate damp and they bury themselves, they will create a humid micro climate .

What about if the just fall alseep where they are once the lights go out and lay with their heads on the soil?

[vikki]

Mine do that and then get shoved into their hide
But then perhaps i shouldn't do that as it takes away their choice but then if we refer to another thread regarding the intelligence of tortoises then are they actually making an informed choice or just being too lazy to move???!!??

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Originally Posted by vikki

if we refer to another thread regarding the intelligence of tortoises then are they actually making an informed choice or just being too lazy to move???!!??

Do they not think to themselves "I can't be bothered to move, lets sleep here tonight" though? They know the light will be back on tomorrow and they'll want to be there again anyway, seems like an informed choice to me

[vikki]

Good point - so the argument for tortoises being highly intelligent is definitely growing

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Originally Posted by vikki

Good point - so the argument for tortoises being highly intelligent is definitely growing

Well humans are apparently getting more and more advanced, yet we are getting far more lazy also.

By this logic, torts are ahead of us, as they are already very lazy

[Ozric Jonathan]

They are good at conserving energy!