JohnnyB65
Well-Known Member
This is probably silly, but I have a half a bag of concrete mix left over from building an emergency water storage enclosure and was thinking of using it up on an in-ground soaking pool for my desert tortoise.
The thing is that I’m not sure if he will even use it on his own and it may end up as mosquito breeding pond. At least I can dump the water from my plastic tray that I use now into the vegetable planter when he’s done soaking. In all the years I’ve had this guy, only once did I actually see him go into a tray filled with water on his own. I think it was just in his way to where he was heading and he decided to go through it instead of going around it.
I’m addressing this in the Desert Tortoise forum because I have never seen a natural soaking pond in the desert except for puddles after a rain which is usually during the winter months and dissipate pretty quickly after a summer rain. I’m not an expert, but I find it hard to believe that Desert Tortoises soak at all in the wild.
Anyway I was just wondering if anybody actually had an in-ground soaking pool for a Desert Tortoise and if you have any suggestions.
The thing is that I’m not sure if he will even use it on his own and it may end up as mosquito breeding pond. At least I can dump the water from my plastic tray that I use now into the vegetable planter when he’s done soaking. In all the years I’ve had this guy, only once did I actually see him go into a tray filled with water on his own. I think it was just in his way to where he was heading and he decided to go through it instead of going around it.
I’m addressing this in the Desert Tortoise forum because I have never seen a natural soaking pond in the desert except for puddles after a rain which is usually during the winter months and dissipate pretty quickly after a summer rain. I’m not an expert, but I find it hard to believe that Desert Tortoises soak at all in the wild.
Anyway I was just wondering if anybody actually had an in-ground soaking pool for a Desert Tortoise and if you have any suggestions.