So, I read the post on the other subforum about tortoises swimming. Today I chatted with a lady over the phone who said she lets her russian swim. I said, "oh yeah, they can splash around in a little bit of water...nothing too deep". She told me that she's been letting hers swim in her bathtub and she always thought they liked it. I of course let her know politely that russians really don't need/want to swim.
But then it got me thinking. Can they swim?!? I'm absolutely amazed that her tortoise didn't drown. She told me specifically that she left it in there for an hour last week unsupervised. I'm just floored. It must have been swimming cause there's no other way it could have lived, but how in the world did it do that? I know that probably nobody on here is doing what she is, but has anyone on here ever seen their russian swim?
But then it got me thinking. Can they swim?!? I'm absolutely amazed that her tortoise didn't drown. She told me specifically that she left it in there for an hour last week unsupervised. I'm just floored. It must have been swimming cause there's no other way it could have lived, but how in the world did it do that? I know that probably nobody on here is doing what she is, but has anyone on here ever seen their russian swim?