water bowl

I have a question regarding water dish. I clean and replace new water for my tortoise everyday. The problem is he will step on it right after I cleaned the dish. I never saw him drink the dirt water. Will they still drink it after they stepped on it? If not, then the water dish is useless🥲

Hello! It’s been awhile since I posted here in panic mode so I thought I would update and ask a few more questions . Petunia seems to be doing really well (hence the lack of panic posts-not great burrow in the sky). Not sure of a quantitative good growth rate, but it has gained roughly 20-22...

Alright, let's get right to it! I have a few questions, but first some background info: My Aldabras have been staying in an outdoor enclosure during the entire Florida summer. Temps during this time never dip under mid 70s at night and they do have plenty of places to hide from the sun during...

Okay, I'm new to this forum and a new tortoise mummy, I've had my Greek Ibera/Spur-thighed for just over a month! She's doing great, eating well, pooping etc etc I keep her in a custom-built tortoise table, she is 8 months old. Setup attached :D The clear box is her humid hide! UVB is a 10%...

im getting my 6 month old Russian soon and have been looking for water dishes. I’ve seen that Plant saucers seem to work the best, but I want something that’s safe for my little buddy. How does this look? are the dementions okay? If anyone has any links to ones they’ve used for a baby tort...

Is sanitizing water bowls really that important becuse i just usually throw away the substrete that has gotten dragged in to the water dish and rinse the water dish under a fosset and then refill. Is this bad? i mean they drink out of puddles and ponds in nature.

Hello, I have had a small tortoise for almost a year now. I got her in September. She was sick when I got her, apparently she hadn't eaten properly nor drank water properly before hybernation but with a two month treatment at the vet's she became a really active and happy turtle. All problems...

My box turtle has been sitting in her water dish for a day and a half. I moved her out of it at one point but she just went back and sat there. She's alert but has mostly remained still this whole time. Is this something I should be worried about?

Hey everyone! I'm super new to this forum & super new to the tortoise world as well. I just got a baby Sulcata turtle a couple weeks ago (he's super cute, i'll attach a photo!) Anyway, I keep a low watt heat pad underneath his habitat, located right under his water dish to keep his water warm...

Hi So we have had Rocky (RT) in our fam for 3 or so weeks. So far so good. His shell is about 3-4 in. Across no idea what age or gender. We know what he likes to eat Brussel Sprouts and iceburg lettuce and what he doesn't like Romainne, butter lettuce, celery greens. He hasn't really eaten the...