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puredevonian

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Hi, how can you tell if a tortoise actually drinks.
Too be honest I cant recall seeing my little Hermann drink.
He is obvously drinking at some stage but always when i'm not watching.
 

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They stick their complete face into the water and drink in through their nares. Its a really slow process, and if you watch carefully you will see a "gulp" go down the throat every few seconds.

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They stick their complete face into the water and drink in through their nares. Its a really slow process, and if you watch carefully you will see a "gulp" go down the throat every few seconds.

Yvonne

Thats great, I'll keep an eye out.
 

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I've seen mine drink too. Mostly I see the water move when they suck it in.
 

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I seen a few of mine drink occasionally when I'm soaking them, but it's only obvious with one of them. Two of them I've never seen drink for sure.
 
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