Terra Cotta dish

[ColleenT]

i read that i should feed from a terra cotta dish,( to keep the beak trimmed down) so i got some flower pot trays atr Lowes. They look like a short dish. But the Terra Cotta seems to suck all the moisture out of the moistened foods. Am i doing something wrong?

 

[dmmj]

unlike the sealed plastic ones they are porous and will do that

 

[ColleenT]

So do i continue using the dish and adding water every now and then? or do i use a plastic bowl which gives no benefit to the beak?

 

[SarahChelonoidis]

They do leach some water, but not in a problematic way for food. How wet are you making the food?

 

[ColleenT]

just moistening some of the food. the grasslands diet says to wet it so i soak it first then put it in the bowl. Some brands of Box turtle food say you can moisten it.

 

[MPRC]

If you don't like the terracotta you can use a slate tile. I find that my terracotta saucers never really dry out completely anymore so they don't seem to absorb a lot.

 

[ColleenT]

Thanks. I live in the Slate belt, so that would be easy to find.

 

[Maggie Cummings]

Box turtles like to sit in the water, I'd get a bigger, deeper plastic pot saucer for them.....

 

[MPRC]

Box turtles like to sit in the water, I'd get a bigger, deeper plastic pot saucer for them.....

I think in this case she was talking about food, but I agree, I don't use terra cotta for water dishes with my critters.

 

[Maggie Cummings]

Yep, I read that, and simply didn't connect. Must be time to go alter my thinking......

 

[MPRC]

Yep, I read that, and simply didn't connect. Must be time to go alter my thinking......

I was thinking it was just about booze-thirty. I've been working all day, I think some fruity foofy drink is in order.

 

[ColleenT]

Box turtles like to sit in the water, I'd get a bigger, deeper plastic pot saucer for them.....

i don't put water in terra cotta. they have a 9x13 glass baking pan as their water.