well apparantly I have run into a situation with Oscar,, he is apparantly come of age. So what I am wondering if anyone has ever heard of diapering your tortoises, one of my vets does it, but other than that I have never heard of it, lol. I need to do something as he is now showing everyone what he was naturally born with and leaving a disgusting mess on the carpet, multiple times a day. It is not urates or feces, I am just trying to keep this clean and pg friendly and get some sound advice.
So what about diapers? I cant have him constantly leaving a mess like that, ,I do have a carpet cleaner, but the amount is just gross!
He is also traumatizing visitors, lol. I do not like having to explain tortoise anatomy. lol

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I have sucker tattood on my forehead

i don't know if I should laugh or feel bad for you.

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My name is Liz
Do what's best for the animal, not what's best for you.

I've seen it done on smaller torts, you'd probably have to get some extra large Depends for him, haha.
They make a product for dogs that are incontinent or in heat that are usually cloth on the outside and plastic lined and you just put an absorbent pad in it, that might be the cheaper way to go so you only have to buy pads rather than a bunch of diapers.

Like this:
Drs. Foster & Smith Female Pet Bloomers

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I'm LMAO!!! I'm so glad our six are outside!!!

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Thanks Lacey, but I dont think that will work with the hole in the back,, thats where the tortoise,,,, well you know,,, gosh how do I put this politely... male anatomy is located, so that would defeat the purpose.
I think I may look into the diapers tomorrow,, or large adult diapers,,,
I wonder if they get diaper rash,,,ughh this is frustrating.

I am glad however that he is well enought to have normal instincts,, I just wonder what is setting those instincts off,, I have no other turtles or torts at the moment, let alone any female ones. Is this breeding season in Africa?

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I have sucker tattood on my forehead

I'm sorry to hear about your problem. That's rough.

I don't see why a diaper would hurt him at all.

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The mental image of a large Sulcata wondering around wearing a large diaper while ramming your feet just made my day!

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Oh my goodness! What a funny image! I had absolutely no idea that tortoises did that!

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Seriously Nicole, you need to create a "spot" for him. Before Stanley had his two ladies, he used the access to the crawlspace of the house. He also used the garden hose holders that looked like a turtle. Stanley loved that so much, that Mom would only leave it down for a day or so.

You could find a rock about his size and put it on a tarp so the carpet stays clean. When he "starts up" take him to it, it won't take him long to realize what it's for. Pretty soon he'll go there himself and the "music" of tortiose love will be filling the house... seven or eight times a day!

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that is a little amusing,, Oscar is lucky I love him very much, lol.

If things dont work out with the other rescue, Oscar will be getting his own barn built for him, to stay in most of the time.