I think the confusion is in the word 'bathe.' You're not actually giving your tortoise a bath, with soap and a wash cloth, you're "soaking" him in order to hydrate him.
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That nice of you to take on rescues, but 1 Tortoise is all I can handle with my other pets.
2 Jack Russell dogs, 2 cats , 1 bird "Rosie Bourke
Parakeet had 2 but 1 pasted away last month. They were a pair for many years. Woody is a male. I understand you have bird also.
lol a bird???? I have 16 parakeets and 4 eggs in a nest.
I operated a small turtle and tortoise rescue for a number of years, so I have 'pets' from then, missing legs, missing eyes, blind and just a bad temperment.
This is my living room with several of my birds cages
So I have 16 parakeets, 3 tortoises, 15 box turtles and 1 water turtle
2 cats, Simon is a 35 lb Main Coon
TaylorTortoise
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Yeah bathe as in I let my tort soak for hydration and to keep his shell looking nice. I don't obsess over them though since Russian tortoises do not need to be wet a lot since they retain their water more to stay hydrated due to their natural environments.I'm sorry...I was kinda being sarcastic...I have had tortoises for about 20 years now, I do not bathe them. My tortoises live outside mostly and dirt is part of living. Nobody gives them "baths" and I soak them for hydration, and everybody except for those living in the UK, soak not bathe. Baths and soaking are not the same thing, and nobody is there in the Savannah to bathe them if they get dirty. I just think that new keepers obsess over nothing making things harder. Some day all tortoise keepers will S-O-A-K their tortoises, not B-A-T-H-E
You would be surprised to know that many new keepers ask why they need to "bathe", as in wash, their tortoise.
TaylorTortoise
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Jeez...
Where do you keep everything?
My RT loves his “baths”. He’s become very social and wants to visit when I’m drinking coffee and watching his very exciting soak time.
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TaylorTortoise
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he is beautiful!!!! where did you get him? wish mine was that pleasant!My RT loves his “baths”. He’s become very social and wants to visit when I’m drinking coffee and watching his very exciting soak time.
You don't have pets, you have a Zoo. For over 20 yrs. My sons and I raised Box Turtles in the back yard. At one time I had a least 50 Turtles. We were averaging 30 baby a year. I never sold then, I would always give them away in pairs. I stop raising them about 10 yrs. ago, I found one of my baby's that was chewed on from a rat. I gather all of my Turtles up and put them on my 5 acres in West Virginia.
TaylorTortoise
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yass pretty much
Jan A
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Your cutie looks very wise! I'm sure he gives great advice.My RT loves his “baths”. He’s become very social and wants to visit when I’m drinking coffee and watching his very exciting soak time.
Thank you. He was a classroom pet at our local Montessori school for over 10 years. I’m not sure where he was prior to that, other than with a family who had kids at the school. Due to Covid and needing more space in current times, he has come to live with us. He was well cared for but didn’t receive much outdoor time or soaking. Hopefully we can pamper him more now!
I own my own home, and I don't have any friends or family.
TaylorTortoise
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No friends either? How about your animals counting as friends
Jan A
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A Maine coon cat can be superior to most people & then there's Mary.
Nope, not friends, I don't even name most of them. I try hard not to anthropormorphisize them. They are animals that I take care of and find better homes for.
Smokey
and Simon, he gained 2 pounds last year, bringing him to 35 lbs
and Simon, he gained 2 pounds last year, bringing him to 35 lbs
Nice looking cats, my 2 cat are of normal weight and are sisters, Itzzy and Tigger. Received a call to rescue 1 Kitty and left with two, only about six weeks old at that time. Now one of my Irish Jack Russell dogs Buttons is a little over weight, Irish Jacks
have short legs. So when she wants to lay down she just rolls over, mostly for a belly rub.
She's all belly!!! My Simon is bigger than your dog! Simon is 1/2 Maine Coon and 1/2 Norwegian Forrest Cat. He's 7 years old. I have had him for a year. He has a slow growing melanoma in his right eye, when I got him the iris was about half brown and in a year the brown now covers all his iris. Smokey is 12 and I have had him for a year also. Opps! We will get reprimanded for hijacking this thread.
That nice, Sorry
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