Yoshi wont drink!!! - Page 2

Zen · 19-01-2009, 04:31 PM

It's very rare that i see Zen drinking, but torts absorb water through the cloaca also.
Thats why bathing is so great.

ThomasClan · 19-01-2009, 05:24 PM

Mine just play in their water bowl,trouncing in and out of it.When they bathe they do not look like they drink, but as they can take water up their back passage I take it that is what my lot must do, as they are well hydrated. My weeds are normally wet as I wash them first so they get moisture from them too. There are many ways a tortoise gets hydrated so do not worry, only worry if their urates are gritty then maybe longer soaks and cucumber (not as nutrition just as hydration)

I think I just ditto what everyont else has said, good luck with your tortoises.

**Alan1** · 20-01-2009, 07:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by linda

i found it was less stressful to bath the tort in something they cant see out of

eg a dark cloured washing up bowl

Yeah, I have you to thank for that tip Linda because our ones just wanted out all the time. I also realised that the water had to be much warmer than I had been using in the baths, once I had that sussed they now sit for 20 minutes, drink, do their 'business, then start the scratching to get out

alotoffluff · 20-01-2009, 09:14 AM

I now bathe my tort in the kitchen sink. He seems to prefer it to a bowl as he gets to have a wander round while splashing about. Although, i now spend my time disinfecting the sink when i get my tort out!

jenc · 20-01-2009, 10:18 AM

mine only drink when no one is there and they stop as soon as they are watched

shafach · 20-01-2009, 05:00 PM

my two do like a drink, tho as others have suggested i also wash their weeds and give them the odd bit of cucumber... they also seem to enjoy a bath, tho this week they are playing funny torts... put them in their flowerpot saucers to bathe - always Mikey to the right, Ralph to the left, then off i go to get ready for work, pick weeds etc... three days over the last week or so they have swapped baths ?? my hubbie has already left for work, so know it ain't him trying to be funny.... am sure those torts are wind up merchants

alotoffluff · 21-01-2009, 03:14 PM

YOu know what? I have just seen Fluffy actually get into his water dish and drink for the first time ever and i have had him 7 months! So i wouldnt worry too much, as long as you give yours a bath, it should stay hydrated!

chris3012 · 22-01-2009, 12:09 AM

I must be one of the lucky ones, keano gets out of his bed, basks under his lamp then trots of to find water dish (large flower pot saucer filled with pebbles ) and has a good gulp. Then has is usual wander round table and back for another drink. He hates his bath and at the most will only be still for 2 minutes then climbing the wall to be out. So the other day after his first couple of gulps I cleaned the water dish.... but put in lukewarm water.......Result when he went back in he looked up as if to say....hang on this is different and just sprawled out and enjoined his warm soak, was there a good 15 minutes.

19-01-2009, 04:31 PM	#11
Zen Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Banbury Oxfordshire Posts: 2,623	It's very rare that i see Zen drinking, but torts absorb water through the cloaca also. Thats why bathing is so great. __________________ Rachael & Zen (THB) 'Show gratitude to every living thing'

19-01-2009, 05:24 PM	#12
ThomasClan Member Hatched Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Dorset Posts: 348	Mine just play in their water bowl,trouncing in and out of it.When they bathe they do not look like they drink, but as they can take water up their back passage I take it that is what my lot must do, as they are well hydrated. My weeds are normally wet as I wash them first so they get moisture from them too. There are many ways a tortoise gets hydrated so do not worry, only worry if their urates are gritty then maybe longer soaks and cucumber (not as nutrition just as hydration) I think I just ditto what everyont else has said, good luck with your tortoises. __________________ Flower, Bill, Petal and Ben Tunsian Tortoises Alfie & KC Rottweillers Bramble Border Terrier x Jack Russel Jay JRT Old lady of 16 (17 this year) Bilbo the Rabbit old man 9 years Oh and the Hamsters Thunder and Lightning (I must be mad)

20-01-2009, 05:00 PM	#16
shafach Member Juvenile Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 795	my two do like a drink, tho as others have suggested i also wash their weeds and give them the odd bit of cucumber... they also seem to enjoy a bath, tho this week they are playing funny torts... put them in their flowerpot saucers to bathe - always Mikey to the right, Ralph to the left, then off i go to get ready for work, pick weeds etc... three days over the last week or so they have swapped baths ?? my hubbie has already left for work, so know it ain't him trying to be funny.... am sure those torts are wind up merchants __________________ Shafach two hermanns - Mikey and Ralph two moggies -Kenny and Roisin one hamster -Trev

22-01-2009, 12:09 AM	#18
chris3012 Member Incubating Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: washington NE Posts: 120	keano luvs to drink I must be one of the lucky ones, keano gets out of his bed, basks under his lamp then trots of to find water dish (large flower pot saucer filled with pebbles ) and has a good gulp. Then has is usual wander round table and back for another drink. He hates his bath and at the most will only be still for 2 minutes then climbing the wall to be out. So the other day after his first couple of gulps I cleaned the water dish.... but put in lukewarm water.......Result when he went back in he looked up as if to say....hang on this is different and just sprawled out and enjoined his warm soak, was there a good 15 minutes.

20-01-2009, 09:14 AM	#14
alotoffluff Senior Member Adult Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: greenwich, london, previously born and brought up in Kent! Posts: 2,127	I now bathe my tort in the kitchen sink. He seems to prefer it to a bowl as he gets to have a wander round while splashing about. Although, i now spend my time disinfecting the sink when i get my tort out!

20-01-2009, 10:18 AM	#15
jenc Member Incubating Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Kent/London Posts: 204	mine only drink when no one is there and they stop as soon as they are watched

21-01-2009, 03:14 PM	#17
alotoffluff Senior Member Adult Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: greenwich, london, previously born and brought up in Kent! Posts: 2,127	YOu know what? I have just seen Fluffy actually get into his water dish and drink for the first time ever and i have had him 7 months! So i wouldnt worry too much, as long as you give yours a bath, it should stay hydrated!

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