Good water dish?

[Luis Taveras0]

I want to hear some opinions is this water dish good for my box turtle or should I use something sales because I never see him drink it

 

[ZEROPILOT]

A terra cotta saucer.The type that goes under a potted plant.

 

[Levi the Leopard]

For a box turtle I would use a paint roller tray. It'll have a gradual decline towards a shallow pool. Place it in the corner of an enclosure and you avoid a steep drop off at the deep end.

 

[wellington]

Also bury it so the edges are level with the substrate

 

[Tom]

Your turtle is smart to avoid that container. It is a flipping hazard. Those are great for lizards and snakes, but dangerous for shelled reptiles.

Large terra cotta plant saucers sunk into the substrate work best.

 

[leigti]

For a box turtle I would use a paint roller tray. It'll have a gradual decline towards a shallow pool. Place it in the corner of an enclosure and you avoid a steep drop off at the deep end.

I agree that for a box turtle this paint tray idea would work much better than a regular terra-cotta saucer. Box turtles like water. No matter what type of box turtle it is. You can put a piece of slate or tile in the deep end if you're worried about traction. Or large pebbles, too big for the tortoise to swallow of course. The little terra-cotta saucer just isn't going to cut it
If you don't have enough room for a paint tray then try one of the plastic saucers that looks like terra-cotta. They are 2 inches deep and that would also work.

 

[Tom]

I agree that for a box turtle this paint tray idea would work much better than a regular terra-cotta saucer. Box turtles like water. No matter what type of box turtle it is. You can put a piece of slate or tile in the deep end if you're worried about traction. Or large pebbles, too big for the tortoise to swallow of course. The little terra-cotta saucer just isn't going to cut it
If you don't have enough room for a paint tray then try one of the plastic saucers that looks like terra-cotta. They are 2 inches deep and that would also work.

12-14" terra cotta saucers worked great for my young box turtles. Plastic surfaces offered no traction and he had trouble getting in and out.

We're talking about a small one, not an adult here.

 

[leigti]

OK, sorry. I wasn't sure if it was for an adult or a baby. But either way if you want traction in the bottom of it you can put pieces of rough tile or slate or those large pebbles. That gives good traction and you can very of the depth that way also.

 

[Speedy-1]

I always went with the plant saucers , worked great for me !

 

[Luis Taveras0]

I always went with the plant saucers , worked great for me !

I like the plant saucer idea but unless I find a small one or medium one I don't think it's gonna fit inside the terrarium this is the size of it

 

[Tom]

I like the plant saucer idea but unless I find a small one or medium one I don't think it's gonna fit inside the terrarium this is the size of it

Well that is an easy fix! Get a bigger enclosure!!!

One nice thing about the terra cotta saucers is that they make them from 4" to 18". Get the right size one for your turtle and enclosure. The smaller ones are also shallower, which is good for a baby. I'll bet you could fit an 8 or 10" saucer in the enclosure as is.

I use 4" saucers to start hatchling tortoises and their dishes grow in size as they grow in size.

 

[Gopherus Guy]

They're available as small as 3" and up to 24". That was I use for DT in the
yard. There perfect.

 

[Oogway the russian tort]

Terra cotta saucers are the best chose they have grip do your tort can get out easy and it is cheap plus they have all sizes in any local hardware stores or garden