...just a typical evening.

[DawnH]

Well, the dinner dishes will have to wait. The sink is occupied.

 

[wellington]

They do come first.

 

[DawnH]

They do come first.

...anything to get out of doing the dishes!

 

[Rutibegga]

I've been soaking Troggy in a baking pan, but he's just starting to get big enough to almost get out of it. I'd been wracking my brain to figure out what his next "bathtub" would be. Now I feel sort of stupid. Of course a sink!

Cute tort, btw

 

[DawnH]

I've been soaking Troggy in a baking pan, but he's just starting to get big enough to almost get out of it. I'd been wracking my brain to figure out what his next "bathtub" would be. Now I feel sort of stupid. Of course a sink!

Cute tort, btw

LOL! I did this very same thing! I bought a huge plastic tub to soak him in and it was a pain. I had to clean it and store it between soakings so I started putting him in the kitchen sink. It's cast iron so it stays nice and warm. I clean it before he goes in (bleach) and after. No issues and it is a breeze to use. He is outside during the day so I bring him in when we are about to sit down for dinner. He soaks through dinner then while we are cleaning up after dinner I refresh his water (so it stays toasty) and he soaks while we clean up/the kids bathe. Then I take him out and he is off to bed. It's gotten to the point where us bustling around the kitchen (and loading up the other side of the sink) doesn't faze him. He just snoozes in his tub! Troggy is adorable! Look at that face!

 

[Bogie=babyDINO]

Really cute pic!!!

 

[SGT Fish]

I've been using a concrete mixing tub from home depot. They are under 10 bucks and fit my 11 inch frank pretty well with room to move around. And they are stiff unlike kiddie pools. I usually just fill it part way with a hose and part way with a bucket of hot water. I got tired of cleaning tortoise poop out of the sink and bathtub. It's easy to just dump the mixing tub onto the compost pile. I also use the mixing tubs for my chickens and ducks and the large ones can be used for a makeshift tort table

 

[DawnH]

I've been using a concrete mixing tub from home depot. They are under 10 bucks and fit my 11 inch frank pretty well with room to move around. And they are stiff unlike kiddie pools. I usually just fill it part way with a hose and part way with a bucket of hot water. I got tired of cleaning tortoise poop out of the sink and bathtub. It's easy to just dump the mixing tub onto the compost pile. I also use the mixing tubs for my chickens and ducks and the large ones can be used for a makeshift tort table

Tuleo has never pooped while soaking, otherwise we would use something else. This is much easier than finding room for yet another "thing" (we have a Great Dane, terrier, chickens, ferret, tortoise, two cats, fish and cockatiel so I try make life as easy as possible with less clean up/work.) I like the mixing tubs for outside water for large torts or to plant grasses in for a tort table, I have never seen one large enough to use as a tort table though. Not to mention that we ENJOY having him here in the house with us, soaking and what not. We are moving in a few months and I will be sad when he is outside 24/7 and these days are gone...

 

[SGT Fish]

I know the large ones they sell at my local store are used for hatchlings and Russians

 

[Careym13]

haha...that is too cute!

 

[Prairie Mom]

Well, the dinner dishes will have to wait. The sink is occupied.



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HA! I love this photo!!!