soaking

Speedy soak time to hydrate and exercise 😀

Um... During the second half of his 1hr soak this evening Stump had a turd 2.5x the length of his shell. He's only 1yr. 10months. These folks that decide to have 3 and 4 of these need an idea what they are in for. One thing is for absolute certain. He will not poop in his bed tonight. He is...

Here just a photo of Steve soaking we always water change as soon as he goes to the bathroom. It's funny because he always gets zoomies like my dogs after a bath.

The new water normally triggers urates and poo.

I prepare the next bowl with warm water temp and move speedy over. The waste of bowl 1 goes to the garden or down the drain.

My soaking set up. I have 2 X washing up bowls, as small toothbrush for shell cleaning and a digital temp devise.

Hello All! I’m excited to have recently found this forum. I’ve read a bit and poked around some of the FAQ and saw that soaking is still recommended 2x/week for adults. We recently rescued a very large African (?) Sulcata (?) Tortoise. We’ve previous had permits to rehab California Desert...

How often should I Soak my baby sulcatta tortoise, he's not even a year old yet

Hello, My baby leopard tortoise loves to put his head underwater and stare. Should I be worried? They soak in their tub in their enclosure. Daily, water is an inch high (now that theyve grown bigger). They love to do water pushup with their front legs while their back legs are stretched...

Hi new tortoise owner here. I’ve had my 4.5 inch female Russian tortoise, Sprinkles, since Friday. From what I’ve read they usually have a great appetite and she doesn’t seem to be eating a lot,she eats her greens but doesn’t touch her dried flowers or pellets. Ive only tried pellets a couple...

"Diesel" is a healthy 25 lb Sulcata, age unknown. He's an enthusiastic eater, but refuses to drink water. Just not thirsty! I give him dishes of fresh water, I've tried floating some romaine pieces in there to trick him into drinking, etc. Just not interested. I've tried soaking him in a large...

Hello! Im new to the forum, I have an adult female Russian tortoise that’s about 12-14 years old, we’ve had her 2 years. We live in the Midwest and it’s starting to get really dry in our house, my tortoise’s humidity remains around 40% during the day. Since it has been getting dryer, I’ve been...

We finally were able to buy our funny boy a soaking tub for his outside enclosure! He loves it and enjoys it every day!

Soak time

Hello everyone, I’m new to this forum. I have about a year with my tortoise and recently I’ve noticed that she/he likes to be in the water the whole day. He likes to be under the basking light in the water and sometimes he goes under his tree but his body is still in the water. not sure if...

Hi all! This morning I woke up and went directly upstairs to grab my little nugget. When I soak him, I usually put him in his soaking bowl while I shower. Super cute. Today I walked upstairs and found Tortillini sitting in his saucer water bowl in his enclosure all on his own!! I’m not talking...

Hello Friends! I am the new caretaker for several animals at a very small non-profit nature preserve. Our main animal ambassador is a 17-18-year-old Sulcata Tortoise named Pebbles. This is my first time taking care of a tortoise and I want to make sure I am doing right by Pebbles. I seem to...

Am I right in thinking that a 30/40 min soak once a week is ok for pumpkin or should this be more often with her being 4 months old?

I am a new owner of a little guy named Elvis. I have noticed my leopard hatchling Elvis doesn’t drink the water he soaks in. Is this normal? I have noticed that when we take him outside on the grass he eats plenty of clovers and clover flowers(which I have read are good for him), and he also...