Can't get my head around this bathing...

[_simon_]

How often would you suggest a 6 - 8 month old leopard is bathed?

[Ozric Jonathan]

My personal belief is that bathing is very unlikely to do any harm at all and might do a lot of good. Especially for young torts. I don't have the water warm, more like tepid. The air is warm and they don't get cold.

[16 shells]

Originally Posted by _simon_

How often would you suggest a 6 - 8 month old leopard is bathed?

A young tort nearly every day, as said if total benificial or not who know's, but it is usualy the norm. Indoor's under lamp's.

[SeeShell]

I bath my young torts daily

[TortBabe]

Originally Posted by Ozric Jonathan

My personal belief is that bathing is very unlikely to do any harm at all and might do a lot of good. Especially for young torts. I don't have the water warm, more like tepid. The air is warm and they don't get cold.

I agree with this mine usually do their business in there which keeps their enclosures cleaner. I also find that on the rare days that I don't bath they are soaking themselves in the water dish and using it as a loo

[derrick0312]

I use a ice cream tub that is quite deep, thinking when i put my tort in she can't see outside and so will quietly sit in instead of trying to break out...but am I right? do you guys do the same? and do you bathe them in the enclosure or somewhere else?

The breeder that sold me the tort suggest the opposite actually - he suggests bathing her in a swallow dish with warm water and put it in the enclosure while bathing thus the tort won't get stress about suddenly being TELEPORTED to another place. What's your opinion?

I use water that is around 35C...and I never see her drinks while bathing? is it because the water is too hot for her?

[garyn]

Originally Posted by derrick0312

I use a ice cream tub that is quite deep, thinking when i put my tort in she can't see outside and so will quietly sit in instead of trying to break out...but am I right? do you guys do the same? and do you bathe them in the enclosure or somewhere else?

The breeder that sold me the tort suggest the opposite actually - he suggests bathing her in a swallow dish with warm water and put it in the enclosure while bathing thus the tort won't get stress about suddenly being TELEPORTED to another place. What's your opinion?

I use water that is around 35C...and I never see her drinks while bathing? is it because the water is too hot for her?

I must admit I use the method favored by the breeder, shallow dish on the table under the light with just warm water, and they nearly always have a drink, and a poo of course! I've read that even if they don't drink they can absorb some water from a soak, weighing after the bath shows increase.

[Alan1]

Originally Posted by derrick0312

I use a ice cream tub that is quite deep, thinking when i put my tort in she can't see outside and so will quietly sit in instead of trying to break out...but am I right? do you guys do the same? and do you bathe them in the enclosure or somewhere else?

The breeder that sold me the tort suggest the opposite actually - he suggests bathing her in a swallow dish with warm water and put it in the enclosure while bathing thus the tort won't get stress about suddenly being TELEPORTED to another place. What's your opinion?

I use water that is around 35C...and I never see her drinks while bathing? is it because the water is too hot for her?

possibly too hot but I don't know. I use a washing up bowl (one each) and that way they can't see out plus it's a larger area, can hold more water so the water stays warm longer. once they have sat long enough they will start scrambling to get out though, usually after doing their business they are hungry.

washing up bowls can be had in Asda etc for £1 and I've seen them in Tesco for 79p at times.

BTW, they take water in through their nostrils so you might think they are not drinking but they are. I have one that gets the head under the water and drinks every time and the other sneaks it in through the nostrils. the one that drinks a lot isn't bumpy and the one that doesn't is bumpy. I believe there is something in that

[Anita Sayles]

I use a chinese take away container bottom, that's big enough as Marley is 10 months old. I place it under the UVB so the lamp keeps the water warmish.
Sometimes he will happily wallow for up to half an hour and another day after 5 minutes he's scrambling to get out.
Actually I've found with my limited experience when it was colder he would stay in the bath longer.
The water I use is tepid, around 25 to 28 deg but no warmer.
I have his water dish about 6 inches away from the UVB, so the water tends not to get really cold - very often I catch him sat in the dish legs stretched out enjoying himself