Russian tortoise not active??

[Lyn W]

Okay i will try that, i just gave pebbles a mist and then he walked over the his water dish and i thought yay he would finally go use his water dish (he used two drink from his water dish so much through out the day and just walk through it and have fun but now he doesn't use it at all) but in stead of drinking from his water dish he went to the rim of it (and since i just misted his whole enclosure every thing had a layer of water on it) and he started trying to drink the water off the rim and then he went to a rock right next to the rim and tried to drink from the rock, i then placed him into his water dish because it seemed like he was very thirsty and he started drinking from his water dish. so it seems like he likes to drink from moving water instead of standing water so i was thinking i could get him a little water fall that the water just glides down rocks but never comes off the rock so he could never drown or get his head under the water but he could drink from it. let me know what you guys think
I found a water fall that looks good for tortoises i it looks like he would not be able to get to the water but if i dig it into the ground so that it is flush with the ground it might be good, you can see a video of it in use on youtube the video is called: ExoTerra waterfall in crabLand.

I think I've read that torts have to submerge their noses to drink, so maybe he was just nibbling the dish.
Personally I would stick to the water dish, as they like to self soak as well as drink. Just make sure it's accessible for the tort by sinking it level with the substrate and easy for him to get out of safely.

 

[EE torts]

I think I've read that torts have to submerge their noses to drink, so maybe he was just nibbling the dish.
Personally I would stick to the water dish, as they like to self soak as well as drink. Just make sure it's accessible for the tort by sinking it level with the substrate and easy for him to get out of safely.

yeah that's what i thought aw well but it really looked like he was trying to drink something, okay i will stick to the water dish, yeah he used to like to self soak but now he never does it, the water bowl is flush with the ground as well, it is just so strange to me that he used to love his water dish but now he never uses it.