Tortoise hates baths

Okay, so I have two complaints.
1. Hercules scratches his eyes and sneezes every time that I put him in his bath, is that normal?
2. He has been staying up later into the night and sleeping later into the morning, is it because of the season change?

Rubbing the eyes and sneezing is quite normal when putting tortoises in water.

Are your lights on a timer? Season change shouldn't affect the tortoise at all if the lights come on and go off at the same time each day.

I used to bribe my redfoot with food upon an upside-down underpot... it would distract him while he soaked.

Jamie

My tortoise hated soaks at first but he eventually got used to it.

.....and make sure the temperature of the water is NICE and warm. I found that initially I had the water @warm , but our Suller preferred it WARMER! So, experiment & measure the temps. Soon you will find the temp your sully prefers.

Good luck

Yvonne G said:

Rubbing the eyes and sneezing is quite normal when putting tortoises in water.

Are your lights on a timer? Season change shouldn't affect the tortoise at all if the lights come on and go off at the same time each day.

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No. Can you get timed lights?!

AshleyFrench said:

No. Can you get timed lights?!

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Yvonne G said:

Rubbing the eyes and sneezing is quite normal when putting tortoises in water.

Are your lights on a timer? Season change shouldn't affect the tortoise at all if the lights come on and go off at the same time each day.

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And I also have not gotten a night heater so it's always light in his terrarium. I'm going to guess that that is an issue.

AshleyFrench said:

And I also have not gotten a night heater so it's always light in his terrarium. I'm going to guess that that is an issue.

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Yes they sell timers you can set for your lights to come on and off. Your tortoise needs it dark at night. 12hrs of light in the day and 12hrs of darkness at night. You can get a ceramic heat emitter for the night. It doesn't put off any light.

My sully loves nice warm soaks. It gets all spread-eagle, raises it's head, and closes its eyes like it's in second heaven. lol

Mine loves his soaks too. He won't eat til he gets his soak in the morning

AshleyFrench said:

No. Can you get timed lights?!

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If you're technically inclined, you can also have a timer that works with a smart home setup. That's how I have my Russian's lights connected. They follow the sunrise/sunset.