To my surprise, I just found out that my red footed torti can swim. Is this good for them? Is it something that could be incorporated into his daily soak?
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Apologies, will upload to YouTubeYou need to upload your video to YouTube then post the YT URL here in your thread. But, a little swim is good exercise!
Wonderfull video, my bath is sloping too, will try that.My redfoot swims too. I think it's good exercise for them. I don't force it on him though. My bathtub is slanted so I can keep it where he's standing on one side and swimming on the other. He seems to enjoy it.
I did see a Redfoot nearly drown in the one Keenan video that I watched.Surprisingly, to me anyway, leopard tortoises will willingly and purposefully walk into ponds and swim around on occasion given the chance. Large Galapagos tortoises love to sleep in mud and relatively deep water.
A cautionary note. While some tortoises can swim at least some of the time, they can also drown, and frequently do. Great caution should be exercised any time a tortoise is near water deep enough to drown in.
I've had days like that! Totally fascinating that some torts swim.I did see a Redfoot nearly drown in the one Keenan video that I watched.
It had fallen into a pond. Like they can float if they anticipate going in. But not if it is accidental.