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Grrrr!!
You don't when they don't want to move LOL!

Last night DH went to work so here I was by myself with a sulcata I can't pick up.
So what did she do? Half of our driveway is caliche, sort of like a dirt road. She got under the company pickup truck, started trying to dig her way to China... although caliche is extremely hard & difficult to dig so she didn't get very far.

She was right up against the inside of the front tire & wouldn't move for anything.. not even the promise of a bright red juicy strawberry. I generally don't feed her fruit but sometimes a strawberry works wonders as a lure.. not this time.
I was so MAD!!
I finally nudged her out by irritating her with a thick wooden dowel. I finally got her to move far enough away from that tire to back the truck up & away from her.
She's such a brat! When she realized her cover wasn't coming back she got up, walked to her home where she belongs and went to bed, leaving me covered in sweat & white caliche dust.
OH MAN I need a hydrolic tortoise lift!!
Can someone please invent one for me?
LOL
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PHRatz

AWWWWWWWW Doncha just love her!!! LOL!!!
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Buslady of SoCal
Breeder of Ornate Wood Turtles
Rhinoclemmys Pulcherrima Manni
Mom: Jessie; Dad: Donatello
Kids: Steve,Leo,Bender and Dax.
(sorry, my kids ain't fer sale)

>>AWWWWWWWW Doncha just love her!!! LOL!!!

Yes I do! LOL
She can be such a sweet adorable girl when she's not being a complete brat!
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PHRatz

Yeah, whenever the weather starts to turn during the fall, my boy Jerry loves to crawl under the shed. @75 lbs, he can be a handfull, especially when you're on your stomach trying to drag him from under the shed to his heated house. One day, I had the brilliant idea of sticking cinderblocks in his path, blocking his entry to the shed's underside. Sure enough, he simply pushed them out of his way and settled in his usual spot. I crawled under to drag him out, and on my way out, smacked my elbow against one of the cinderblocks. Then, to make matters worse, he decided to start moving, and once he came close, jutted forward and knocked my glasses clear off my face. If I could see at the time, I would have punched him, I was so mad. But I was more concerned about the glasses at the time. I've since tied the cinderblocks together with mortar and another line of blocks. That stopped him!

T.G.

Cinder blocks work wonders don't they? LOL
So far I've not been into a fight with her where I lost my glasses off my face but... I can see that happening.
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PHRatz

use a big box on a flat dolly this has been the easiest way to move them in my experience it's all about good wheels
put hat in the box or crate
i have also moved them in a wheel barrel
use caution and have an extra person hold them in while you move them
put hay in the bottom to make it snug
or rest the back of the shell on your belt buckle and go
anyway you slice it or dice it
It is hard work
jeff
planet reptiles

>>use a big box on a flat dolly this has been the easiest way to move them in my experience it's all about good wheels
>>put hat in the box or crate
>>i have also moved them in a wheel barrel
>>use caution and have an extra person hold them in while you move them
>> put hay in the bottom to make it snug
>>or rest the back of the shell on your belt buckle and go
>>anyway you slice it or dice it
>>It is hard work
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The problem though for me Jeff is.. how do I pick her up to get her into the wheel barrow? LOL
My husband has moved her in the wheelbarrow in the past but I can't pick her up more than one inch off the ground anymore.
He wasn't here that night so I had to resort to tricks and irritating her so that I could get her to move on her own.
I've often thought a 2 wheel dolly might work for me if it could be modified so that the flat part on the ground would fit all the way under her.
She's a big girl now!
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PHRatz

You need to start weight training... put on some.. a lot.. of muscle.

Get a dolly like that, and take it to a welder and have them make the platform big enough for her.. it may cost you $20-30, but it will save you a lot of hassle...

btw, how much does she weigh?