Tortoise keeps knocking over plants!

Tortoise keeps knocking over plants!#388638

By albertoburrito -  Sat Sep 18, 2021 2:02 am
Location:  Chandler, Arizona, United States- Zone 9
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- Sat Sep 18, 2021 2:02 am #388638

My family has a tortoise in the backyard, and it keeps bumping and pushing over my plants. How to i stop it?

Re: Tortoise keeps knocking over plants!#388640

By optique -  Sat Sep 18, 2021 2:15 am
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- Sat Sep 18, 2021 2:15 am #388640

https://sandbaggy.com/products/turtle-t ... 6119251049

or just put them on a table =)

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Re: Tortoise keeps knocking over plants!#388651

By MaxVft -  Sat Sep 18, 2021 5:23 am
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- Sat Sep 18, 2021 5:23 am #388651

Tortoise? Backyard?

Have you considered moving your plants to the front/side of the house(that is, if you have any room to move them)?

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Re: Tortoise keeps knocking over plants!#388653

By albertoburrito -  Sat Sep 18, 2021 5:29 am
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- Sat Sep 18, 2021 5:29 am #388653

I found an old table and am now using it for plants.

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Re: Tortoise keeps knocking over plants!#388657

By MPHampel86 -  Sat Sep 18, 2021 2:15 pm
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- Sat Sep 18, 2021 2:15 pm #388657

You may not feel the same, but to me that seems like a pretty cool problem to have, lol. I’m not great with tortoise species, are they Sulcatas?

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Re: Tortoise keeps knocking over plants!#388659

By ChefDean -  Sat Sep 18, 2021 3:07 pm
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- Sat Sep 18, 2021 3:07 pm #388659

albertoburrito wrote: ↑Sat Sep 18, 2021 2:02 am My family has a tortoise in the backyard, and it keeps bumping and pushing over my plants. How to i stop it?

I know a great Cajun recipe for Turtle Sauce Piquant using Snapping Turtle. I suppose if you slow cook the tortoise before you add it it would tenderize it enough.
Let me know.

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Re: Tortoise keeps knocking over plants!#388666

By optique -  Sat Sep 18, 2021 4:16 pm
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- Sat Sep 18, 2021 4:16 pm #388666

when i was growing up we had a issue of box turtles getting in our garden. I have not seen a box turtle in a few years =(

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Re: Tortoise keeps knocking over plants!#388672

By albertoburrito -  Sat Sep 18, 2021 6:06 pm
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- Sat Sep 18, 2021 6:06 pm #388672

They are sulcatas.

Re: Tortoise keeps knocking over plants!#388674

By Panman -  Sat Sep 18, 2021 7:08 pm
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- Sat Sep 18, 2021 7:08 pm #388674

ChefDean wrote: ↑Sat Sep 18, 2021 3:07 pm I know a great Cajun recipe for Turtle Sauce Piquant using Snapping Turtle. I suppose if you slow cook the tortoise before you add it it would tenderize it enough.
Let me know.

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