water dish

I'm very seriously considering a Russian Tortoise as a new addition to my family. Right now I have a 55 gallon aquarium that I'm a bit lost on how to best set up for my unaquired new friend. Due to the climate that I live in I'll be able to set up a small outdoor "playpen" but the large and main...

After months of consideration and a week of setting up the enclosure, my hatchling Leopard Tortoise has finally arrived, and I have given her the name of Miira! (I'm a writer and gave her the name of a character I love, I later learned what the name means in different languages!) She's been so...

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.

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...

Hello alll has anyone used Mod Poge as a sealer for decorations? im making a water dish from scuplie and i was hoping to coat it in mod podge to keep it from absorbing water. both materials say non toxic and the mo podge sais it is even dishwasher safe. any thoughts on weather this would be a...