I wanted to ask if a small size water bowl for drinking is ok to have or do you also have to have a big enough one for the tortoise to soak in - in the enclosure if you soak the tortoise everyday in something else?
shelloise said:How deep should it be for her?
lynnedit said:Shelloise, I'm not sure how much room you have inside your indoor enclosure, but what about a paint tray? They are relatively inexpensive, so you could get two and nest one inside the other. that way when it is time to clean it out well, you lift the top one, dump out the water, clean and replace. The bottom one holds the substrate in place.
http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/cat...=None&Ntpr=1&Ntpc=1&selectedCatgry=Search+All
I do this with the unglazed terracotta pots too, sometimes nest them in a cheaper plastic one.
shelloise said:Wonderful idea, thank you. I find one of my torts liked to do her business in the water/soaking dish, so I am cleaning it out every day. The tank she is in right now is the one she came in, 3x3 which is to small I think. I bought a large table to put a tortoise box on, but my husband is procrastinating about making the box part. I told him if it doesn't get made this week, I am going to hire someone thru kijiji to do it lol. I can't because I have broken ribs healing still.....
lynnedit said:Shelloise, I'm not sure how much room you have inside your indoor enclosure, but what about a paint tray? They are relatively inexpensive, so you could get two and nest one inside the other. that way when it is time to clean it out well, you lift the top one, dump out the water, clean and replace. The bottom one holds the substrate in place.
http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/cat...=None&Ntpr=1&Ntpc=1&selectedCatgry=Search+All
I do this with the unglazed terracotta pots too, sometimes nest them in a cheaper plastic one.
Thalatte said:In the dollar isle at target there are these "boot trays" that are a thick black plastic, have a diamond plate pattern on the bottom for traction, and are really shallow. I find they are perfect for tort water dishes. And being so shallow it is really easy for the hatchlings to get in and out of. I have been using them with my outside enclosures and they are awesome. A paint try will also work but I found my Sonoran was dumb enough to try and get in from the wrong side and was constantly flipping over. She doesn't do that with the boot trays.
I also use the boot trays as food bowls for the sulcatas so they don't drag their food everywhere. And I use them under the dogs water bowl so they don't splash all over the floor.
I bought 10 of them and just switch out the trays when dirty so that I can take my time cleaning the old ones.