If you don't have a yard and it has to be kept in the house, can you teach it to use a litter box?
2007-04-29 20:56:17 · 8 answers · asked by surlygurl 6 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
It has been done, but it takes a long time, and it can be difficult, and even if you take that time there is not garuntee that the animal will respond. You train tortoises much like iguanas, repetition is key. The people I know that have accomplished this keep their tortoises on strict schedules, they get fed in the early afternoon around lunch time after they have been warmed up and had some time to exercise. Then in the morning they are taken to a tub of warm water and allowed to defacate there.
After a month or so of a regular routine, the tortoise will become accustomed to only defacating in the bath, and will wait until then to go. It is not like a cat, but it is reliable once trained and maintained and will save you a lot of headaches, especially with a sulcuta that can get huge and ruin carpets with accidents.
Good Luck
2007-04-30 02:54:35 · answer #1 · answered by MRHickey 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Tortoise Training
2016-12-18 15:57:50 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think its possible to train them. They can be kept out doors if they are adults but need a shed or green house or something along that line to hide in. They will also need protection from preditors at night time, ie cats, dogs, foxes etc. Young tortoises can go outside in a pen or enclosure if the weather is very hot and the sun is shinning, otherwise it's too cold for them.
2016-03-18 22:22:46 · answer #3 · answered by Virginia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. You cannot house train a tortoise. In fact, other than coming to you for food, there is not much a tortoise will bother to learn.
2. It is not healthy for most species of tortoise to run around loose in a house. In general, our houses are too cool and drafty for a tortoise, and the humidity is too low for the forest species and too high for the desert species.
What species is it? Maybe we can offer some other ideas.
2007-04-30 06:29:55 · answer #4 · answered by Madkins007 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe a tort can be trained as it doe not have the brains of a cat or a dog. I've had a tort for more than three years and I've tried to train it to do things and not to do others. But I have to admit I didn't get anywhere. At the same time I LOVE my tort.
2014-09-19 00:52:19 · answer #5 · answered by dina 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, usually you can't. I don't remember anyone doing it with success. Most people just don't train tortoises. You might want to be the first...
It would be good to keep the tortoise near the litter box while you are away though, perhaps it would come with natural instincts...
2007-04-29 23:02:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hello, bout all you can do is make it a contained area, not let him wonder the house & IF this is a turtle native & caught in your area, they are often illegal to keep or own..so if it's one you caught, best to let him go & be free..never a good idea to catch & keep native critters ..as they can carry disease that you can catch or your other animals can & sadly..they often die..Take Care :)
2007-04-30 05:24:20 · answer #7 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Take it to the country and set him free you cant potty train him
2007-04-29 21:03:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 6⤋
No, But you can teach it to walk slowly.
2007-04-29 21:00:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋