How To Deal with Aggressive Sulcata Tortoises
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ย. 2017
- This week on Ask Kenan, Charles E. asks "My 6yo Sulcata Tortoise has become aggressive/territorial. How would you suggest redirecting that energy into something else? I've got him in a quarter-acre enclosure and I gave him a soccer ball to push around (which seems to have helped.) But, I was looking for other ideas that you might have tried? I have 3 more Sulcatas quickly catching up in a different area, and I'd appreciate the advice." Lucky for Charles we have ton of experience dealing with Sulcata Tortoise behavior here at Kamp Kenan and it might just surprise you what Kenan's suggestion is for this predicament!
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Thank you Kenan , I have two males, one I got last night ,it's like a fight to the death. I flipped them both over and will continue to do this to help them .
Did it work?
I love all the knowledge you provide here it's gonna help when I add another sulcata in tm with my group 🍀👍🏼🐢🐢🐢🐢
I had to give him away to another as it became very difficult, he started charging me every time he saw me, I got a smaller younger female as a companion for my older male ,he is nine,she is four,
I'm pretty sure this flipping technique can be applied to several different areas of one's life...lol!
Great advice.
Mahoney! I really hope that's a Police Academy reference....too funny.
Lumpy is a murderer. He's seen things before. That's life. They're absolutely beautiful tho!
That was my instinct to show them that they are not the alpha. I just have a really stubborn russian that likes to bite everybody. I would flip him, kept coming, flick his shell and feet, kept coming. Finally I would just hold him high in the air and give him some stern words. Still an ass. lol. He's 3 yrs old. Still immature. Kids.
I didnt know turtles could be such assholes.
Is he still aggressive?
Flip the bastard over lol 🤣😂
ivan hita ---> LOL!!
GOOD LUCK WHEN THE GUY WHEIGHS 150LBS!!
I FEEL LIKE HE'D DIE IN A MATER OF SECONDS BECAUSE HE'S SOO HUGE!!
I always thought turtles had the ability too flip themselves up-right via using there NECKS!!??
Greg Beck That's more of a turtle trait, these guys are tortures and their libs and neck are to short and stiff for them to easily get back off of their backs.
ivan hita hahahahahah yea. Makes sense.
ivan hita who the one who killed Zeus?
I needed to see this video.. I have a Russian tortoise that became aggressive with our 3rd Sulcata that is a little smaller when we brought her home. We have 3 females.. thanks for the info!
"Aggresive tortoises"
Is such a rare phenomenom here
Becoise here we not have tortoises😅
Small video but very helpfull, thanks and have a nice weekend
Quick question kenan; How would one go about buying a baby G. sulcata from you? I love the species and would love to help support the channel. TIA
I have two sulcatas in a box. They are the same size however different ages. Our new tort is 8 years old and the other is 13. They are both about a foot in length but the older one is wider. Anyway. The older one has been charging the other one. Not all the time but enough for me to look it up. I think they are both female but they are still too small to tell. Everytime I flip the aggressive one over she shoots pee. She paces the food and then tries to chase Nelson the younger one away. He/she walks away for a bit but comes back and grabs a few bites and runs. Anyway do you think it's wise to keep them together or let them work it out? My enclosure is as big as I can have it for now and we keep them outside all summer. I live in the states in the Midwest. I do have two tort boxes but it would be nice to keep them together. I feed hay most of the time. It's when I feed greens that my older one gets possessive and charges. I put her in the time out tub....
I know this is an old video and you might not see it but I would really love your help me and my friend just purchased two so Carter’s together and they’re in a 70 gallon tank at the moment they are babies one is a little bit bigger than the other and they are fighting what do I do is there a way to stop that?
Ok so I need some advice, my male leopard tortoise is trying to breed with my baby female sulcata when I let them walk around my yard, I stop them when I see them but he will always get on top of her again. They have there own pens but there a bit small so I just let them walk around outside of them. How can I stop him from getting on top of her?
Keman I leave in north texas and I could not find a species of tortoise that I can keep outside. So I was wondering if you are any one here could give me some suggestions on which species I could keep as an outside family pet.
What is the turtle to get you strart with please thanku kennen my james is sandy thanku.
Hey Ken I have two male socata tortoise. One out weighs one by 30 pounds. The biggest one mount the other male as if they are mating. Is this normal for two males to behave in this manner. I know that you would know the answer. By the way I am a student in the classroom watching your videos. And I found some fluckers tortoise food at .y local Petsmart.They only have one variety of fluckers tortoise food unfortunately. I just introduced the food to them on 11- 11- 20. They were hesitant to eat it. Maybe because it was new to them. What do you think. Leave the comments below. 😄 Just had to say that. Anyway would love to hear your input. Thanks for the information about climate difference since I live in Southern California. Thanks again.
Haha a tortoise can kill another tortoise and get 100 years in jail and survive that whole 100 years 😭😭
I hope The tenants on your property appreciates your dedication, just wish you were my landlord! lol
Glad you weren't hit too hard by Irma! Carry on.
Great answer. Glad you are doing so well after the storm.
I have a 36 yr old male California Desert Tortoise (females are larger) and he is a smaller male. I have him because he was too aggressive is his colony of 5. He has a cracked plastron (just below his armpits). Doesn't slow him down, but does make him a little vulnerable. His problem in the colony was that he was the smallest, but kept trying to mate with the females all day everyday so he would get flipped over all the time. He would also try to mate with the males and get in fights. Which he would also lose. So he was obviously not the dominant male, but he didn't get the hint. I would love to be able to rescue more of his species, but with his temperament, I can't. Any ideas?
How did you hang that heater?
Hey I love all your videos thanks for all you do. I have a question on my Tort is approximately 75 pounds I rescued him from a family who no longer wanted him. He has a very pyramid shell and was not been given the proper diet before I got him. He is very aggressive towards me he charges me and tries to use his gullards against me. How can I change this behavior and make him less aggressive
Tells how to in the video. it applies both ways
My red ear slider males are so aggressive till i need separate them, got any tips for that?
My baby sulcata recently has started to nip at me, would u recommend i flip him over everytime he trys to nip?
Nice video, please how can I know the age of Sulcata? As I have 2 big but don’t know their age .
Hello!! I need HELP!! My large male 10 y/o sulcata has decided to attack the wood fence out of know where. He has never done this before and has a lot of space to roam and graze. im not sure what is going on. I have a video if you wanna see!!! HELPP
Kenan is it normal that my Adult red foots attacking my juveniles?
How would u if possible introduce new animals into a colony
Hello, I have a male hermann tortoise and it bites, I don't know how the previous owner acted with it. I can't get him to stop biting me and he has a big enclosure
how much for a sulcata tortoise hatchling?
My 4 pound tortoise got so excited when I came home from vacation then I was hand feeding him and ig he hates hand feeding now cause he kept trying to take the food and then full out rammed me 😂
what's that thing on top of the gate at 0:34? a lizard?
You mentioned working to recover from Hurricane Irma and I am wondering if you were able to save your grove of Giant Bamboo.
Love you turtles how do they get along with dogs
I am thinking about the future and what I want to do and I thought how about doing what you do but I thought where am I going to start, how to start can you do a video about how to start a turtle/ tortoise breeding facility oh yeah and how much money to save to start
I love ur videos
Walk away at at a medium pace ?
My turtle is not eating veg
What can I do.I like your videos and l have already subscribe pls reply
Give em a good talking to
We have a 2-3 year old sulcata who has started getting very aggressive every day with a smaller male sibling. They have the whole backyard to roam and they share a heated shed at night. When he isn't ramming the other, he is often mounting him as if he was a female (or prison cell mate). I tried flipping him upside down several times but doesn't seem to help stop the behavior and he goes right back at charging towards the other.
Wife wants to take it to the vet to nuter him thinking it will cut down the testosterone production but I have my doubts it will help...or even possible on a tortoise Separating them is not practical. Waiting for him to kill the other isn't good either. Very frustrating.
if it's just the two males you've got then it's probably not good for them to be together, pretty much the only time male tortoises get along is when there's lots of females around, even then they might not
So if that long wet thing comes out of its tail, it’s a boy?
Thank you. Our big on knocks the smaller one over
You could put rubber or cork on the tusk things they use to mess with other tortoises
not gonna be enough since they are too strong
My Sulcata is aggressive to me, I wonder if I start flipping it over if that would stop the issue.
please and love your shows
Kenan how big is a iguanas dingle
I am a fan❤️
My sulcata tortois eat the gruond. What should I do? Kamp kenan please help
NormalChimp 8 Sulcata tortoises are grazers so they eat a lot of grass. If it is trying to eat rocks then make sure you are giving it calcium carbonate.
So is everything back to normal?
not yet but i bet soon. there was a lot of crap all over.
Flipping over doesn't work with my russian tortoises... That's one thing I can tell.. 😂
hi kenan were do you buy the little turtles that stay little like 4 and have something like that and thank you bye
crazy with janxier As far as I know types of box turtles are the smallest ones you can get. I don't know where or how because I live in Australia where you can't have them as pets but I have seen many videos about them.
I love tortoises
I noticed that a lot of your Sulcata Tortoises have pyramiding. Do you know what is causing it? I will be getting a tortoise very soon and it will be my first one ever. I don't want any pyramiding.
Ohhhhhh that makes sense
Ok thanks
Hey friends, I have had a Indian star male for 10 years ! Resntly we got 2 female ne 1 male but they r younger then my Bob , so the solution Kanan told in this video , should I do this with him ?
Aaditya Pandey , Indian star tortoises are protected in India
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That's no the answer I was expecting !!
My little 5 years old Hermanns is snappy and wants to fight with us all the time...
Yes, the flip thing is true , make you the Alpha.Ever with careful and respect!
How many females can a male sulcata breed to
How to care Indian stare tortoise
What do I do if he is ramming my dog? He is my only sulcata. Same thing? He is attacking the wheels on my garbage cans. Major bully
Kenan you look so much. better fed and rested looks like your place is almost back to normal, didn't take long ,did it ??
Can u make video bout aggressive wifes
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My 3-4 year old sulcata is aggressive towards me and the rest of my tortoises
R.I.P Zeus
I LOVE TORTOISES!!!!!!!!!!!
i also flipped my male if he misbehaves. they are dogged though. does not always help but makes it worse.
Can you tell if your tortse is a boy or a girl when they are 1 year old and if yes how
ok thx
just reading some comments..school does a good job these days. oh sorry I mean skool dues a good job this deys.
Hey kamp. Im going to start my own youtube channel soon were i go into the wilderness over hear in Australia in search of anything awesome, deadly, rare, cute, creepy or just plain weirded. So pretty much anything i can find. Species i plan to feature on the channel will include blue ringed octopus, stone fish, sea turtles, goanas, death-adders, mulga snakes, rock walabys, osprey and lets not forget about the four amazing shark videos i have planned. Any tips in wildlife presentation/filmmaking?
CLOROX BLEACH unfortunately due to an injury i have my channel has been delayed until January next year. We also need to save up a some money. however i can promise you that videos will defiantly be uploaded some time in January or February. Sorry about the inconvenience. I can also promise you that it will be well worth the wait.
All Things Wildlife ---> JUST SUBBED, PLEASSSE DO THIS!!!
PLEASSE DO NOT LET ME DOWN- ;)
CLOROX BLEACH dislocated knee cap that I recently got an operation on. Doctor said it will be around a month i can go easy bush walking and 3 months until i can do what i want to do for the channel. We also need to save up some more money so we can afford the cameras, microphone ect
CLOROX BLEACH ---> ISNT IT OBVIOUS!?
"HE'S BUTT HURT"!!?
LOL-
---> SORRY, I HAD TOO DO IT...
I REALLY GET AGGRAVATED WHEN PPL SAY THEY PLAN ON DOING SOMETHING- AND THENN YET THEY NEVER EVEN TRY....
••☆•• I CERTAINLY HOPE THIS IS NOT THE CASE AT HAND....
Greg Beck definatly doing it :) do not worry that will definitely not be the case.
Why do you do if you go on holiday
With the tortoises
His dad watches them and Lumpy takes another victim 😭
What happen to ur wrist
🐢
I like the older intro
I wanted it to be more longer the video
Bad tortoises get out upside down
Hey there
just kick n flip it
That is mean.
Either Mario reference or ur a dick
What if the aggressive tortoise is a female
H8 the hat buddy
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Tortoise Time Out. Flip him over. Hate glare ensues.
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😡😡😡😡Keenan you need to redo this video. You shouldn’t recommended flipping your tortoise without mentioning the this can cause a stomach torsion on the tortoise. This is a terrible recommendation!😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😱😱😱😱😱😨😨😨😨😰😰😰😰😰
A few seconds wouldn't matter
Thanks great advice. Have 8 large Boyz and Girlz.
Someone brought in another large male
Started messing with Rock my alpha.
Had to rehome the new guy. Now that spring has sprung Rocky is aggressive again.
Will keep and eye in his behavior, and will fill his 150# body over for the first time in his 30 YO life. Should be a wake up call.
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