lori12386 said:
* I use to get nervous until it seemed to be common practice amongst our colony. I sometimes sit in the barn at night time and listen to them breathe. They can hold there breathe for ran extended time period even when sleeping!
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* I use to get nervous until it seemed to be common practice amongst our colony. I sometimes sit in the barn at night time and listen to them breathe. They can hold there breathe for ran extended time period even when sleeping!
ALDABRAMAN said:
Oh AWSOME!
Hey Greg. Check out your tortoise maniac thread....
TortoiseBoy1999 said:
* That is a very good point, probably best to get away from the roadside for any pickings!
Awww, I hope she is okay and will be able to lay her eggs with no problems. Poor thing. I was really hoping she just wanted some alone time. Didn't really think something could be wrong with her. Nothing serious I hope.
wellington said:
* She is doing very well and should have no issues!
Baoh said:
* Thank you!
ALDABRAMAN said:
That's what I think
TortoiseBoy1999 said:
* For sure, not worth the risk!
Just to be on the safe side
ALDABRAMAN said:TortoiseBoy1999 said:
* Healthy aldabras can hold there breathe for a long time. She loves to hold her head under the water!
Greg, is that a concrete based mud pond for those aldabra to soak in?
And what kind of mud would you put inside it? Just pure soil?
My juvenile is still not interested in any soaking activity, he just drinks water from the soaking plate, is it normal, or at some point or age will they start to do soaking naturally?
Thank you.
Yellow Turtle said:ALDABRAMAN said:TortoiseBoy1999 said:
* Healthy aldabras can hold there breathe for a long time. She loves to hold her head under the water!
Greg, is that a concrete based mud pond for those aldabra to soak in?
And what kind of mud would you put inside it? Just pure soil?
* Just a dirt bottom with plain old pure dirt and water. We dig it out and fill it up during the day with fresh water.
Yellow Turtle said:
* our young ones do not care for the water either, they do like mud holes when they are outside and create the hole by them selvs.
I had to come all the way over "here" to get my picture fix!
Laurie said:
* That is a great thing! Nice!
ALDABRAMAN said:
If you use soil bottom, won't the water gone in like a few minutes? That's the case here when I do that, water is sucked by the soil.
Also my juvenile doesn't care about the mud hole, he just likes to hide when I put him outside
Yellow Turtle said:
* Yes, it does go down in time. We normally do not keep the full unless we have a specific need like a healing tortoise.
Yellow Turtle said:
* Yes, our are the same. They do not really care for the mud/water holes and really relish the outside freedom!
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You know Greg I have been thinking about this a lot. I have gotten in a few larger sulcata relinquishment this year as well in the past. Even sulcatas when large I suppose can play a large role in lack of yard and underdeveloped muscles and cant really walk all that good. I know I remember talking to you about an aldabra that could only walk 4 feet or so then needing to take a break. I'm wondering if maybe a mud hole would be a great way to therapeutically expedite muscle development and get a non healthy tortoise back to good walking and grazing status quicker. Kinda a hydro therapy for dogs but a mud therapy for tortoises. hmmm I just might have to do an experiment with some here at our program.
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You know Greg I have been thinking about this a lot. I have gotten in a few larger sulcata relinquishment this year as well in the past. Even sulcatas when large I suppose can play a large role in lack of yard and underdeveloped muscles and cant really walk all that good. I know I remember talking to you about an aldabra that could only walk 4 feet or so then needing to take a break. I'm wondering if maybe a mud hole would be a great way to therapeutically expedite muscle development and get a non healthy tortoise back to good walking and grazing status quicker. Kinda a hydro therapy for dogs but a mud therapy for tortoises. hmmm I just might have to do an experiment with some here at our program.
