Help with water

[kball]

In my outdoor pin for my sulcata there is a water bowl that's dug I to the ground but he won't use it. It's big enought to fit two mabey even three of him It but he refuses to use it. I take him to it several time a day so he knows it's there. What do I do!!!


Plus it's about 80-90 degrees everyday.

 

[lismar79]

Keep showing him or even maybe put a treat in there. Torts are stuborn change takes a while.

 

[Tom]

Can we see a pic? This might give us more insight.

Sometimes it helps to put them in the water and just let them climb out for several days in a row. This seems to convince them that it is not a bottomless pit somehow.

 

[kball]

Give me min and I'll get that pic

 

[kball]

 

[Tom]

That is WAY too deep and way too big. If a tortoise doesn't feel comfortable with their water bowl they won't use it.

For about $2 you can get a terra cotta plant saucer from any hardware store. Sink that level with the substrate and put him in it every day for a few days. He'll just climb out but it will show him that its not so deep and steep sided now and eventually he will desensitize and get used to it.

 

[kball]

Thanks tom that really helps but it will prob be a week or two befor I can get it

 

[Tom]

Thanks tom that really helps but it will prob be a week or two befor I can get it

That's no problem. Just soak him for 30-40 minutes every day, keep the ground a bit more damp than usual for added humidity (assuming its warm where you are), and he should be fine for a week with no water bowl.

 

[kball]

Ok thanks

 

[christinaland128]

Search your cupboards you might have a suitable lid you can use temporarily. My babies are very little but I showed them the lid and they use it frequently. Very shallow though, have to refill often.

 

[DeanS]

Very shallow though, have to refill often.View attachment 84792

Good! Fill it often...as they will get it filthy often!

 

[kball]

That's no problem. Just soak him for 30-40 minutes every day, keep the ground a bit more damp than usual for added humidity (assuming its warm where you are), and he should be fine for a week with no water bowl.

He gets soaked that long anyway so does the little one