Bath Time

[ub3rsh00]

I was just wondering, how dangerous is it for Turtle to run around the deep end of the tub? I have the middle of the tub up the correct depth, where the shells meet, but obviously one end is deeper. And Turtle loves it. He will just stomp around the deep end (which is about a tiny bit higher than the ring on his shell) and splash and what not. I was just curious as to is this too dangerous? I'm constantly sitting at the edge of the tub when he soaks, so I can definitely grab him if he does trip, but I am wondering if he can drown that fast. I grab him in about 1 second so I shouldn't be too concerned right? It's his favorite part of soaking so I don't really wanna have to keep taking him out of the deep end.

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi George:

The only reason we say to have the water come up to the bridge (where the top shell meets the bottom shell) is because this way the tortoise doesn't have to strain for however long you leave him in there to keep his head above the water. If he goes deeper on his own accord, that's fine.

 

[ub3rsh00]

Okay cool, that's a bit of relief haha. Good to know he won't intentionally drown himself hahaha.