Bathing my sulcata

[Papabear10]

Hello everyone new here. First post. We adopted Tank about a year ago so i believe she is 4 to 4and a half yrs old. She was an apartment tortoise. Now she has a home and a backyard. Shes learning alot of new things like eating weeds and grasses( was use to petsmart food) and is learning my voice quite well. I can go on and on. My question is when i bath her (in a big kitchen sink) is it ok to hold her upright so i can scrub her under shell? She makes noises like she cant breathe so i dont hold her there but a few seconds. I just dont want her to be afraid of me as the man thats trying to kill her everyday. I bath her everyday cuz she comes in at night. Id say she weighs about 25 lbs. My son and I made her outdoor pin and she has an access door to the rest of the yard.

 

[Ray--Opo]

My sully Opo makes the same gasping sound when held in that position. I do like you and don't hold that position for very long.
Sometimes I need to scrub the poop off the bottom.

 

[Tom]

You can tip her up. You can also roll her on her side. You shouldn't need to do this very often.

Your tortoise needs a heated shelter. Bringing her inside at night isn't warm enough without a heat source. Looks like you have a box there, but its not insulated. Here are some examples of how to heat an insulted box:
https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/another-night-box-thread.88966/
https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/my-best-night-box-design-yet.66867/
https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/h...g-of-toms-night-box-with-exploded-view.97697/

 

[Papabear10]

You can tip her up. You can also roll her on her side. You shouldn't need to do this very often.

Your tortoise needs a heated shelter. Bringing her inside at night isn't warm enough without a heat source. Looks like you have a box there, but its not insulated. Here are some examples of how to heat an insulted box:
https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/another-night-box-thread.88966/
https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/my-best-night-box-design-yet.66867/
https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/h...g-of-toms-night-box-with-exploded-view.97697/

Thank you for that info Tom but inside our house she has a box with heat lamps and she loves to bury herself in her blankets. The pic is just a box but thats for outside. We live in Texas where its only cold a couple of months a year and the humidity is always high. Heres a pic of where she sleeps. Warning: shes spoiled lol.