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21-04-2012, 07:43 PM
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If it's not very warm and the tortoise is really small then it might be needed.
I sometimes dry mine off but really just so I can admire them clean, bright and colourful!
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21-04-2012, 09:38 PM
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I don't dry mine right from the day they hatch.
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21-04-2012, 09:58 PM
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 I do dry mine if they are going to wander about the room for a while but only so they don't make my floor soggy.
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21-04-2012, 11:38 PM
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21-04-2012, 11:55 PM
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I think I need to apologise to Bernie for derailing this thread... It's making me giggle though I don't bother drying Joe really
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22-04-2012, 12:02 AM
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22-04-2012, 12:08 AM
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I let mine wonder around on a towel for few minutes. Try to dry the tops a bit but they dont really stay still. Otherwise i find them just getting all the mud stuck to them.
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22-04-2012, 10:47 AM
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22-04-2012, 10:55 AM
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Don't dry either
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22-04-2012, 02:08 PM
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LOL thanks guys. You have all made me chuckle. I have visions of your next door neighbours peeping over your fences and seeing all these tortoises hanging on the washing line on wash day.
I'll stop being so soft and let him dry off by himself. Did have a bit of a durrr moment, because I have just put a large water saucer in for him and he obviously sits in it to drink. What am I going to do.......dry him 10 times a day when he walks straight through it?? LOL Jen x |
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