How do Tortoises drink water?! Tortoise drinking water facts and more!

Hope you guys enjoy. A real short one , but packed with some interesting facts for you to learn! Thanks for watching and hope you enjoyed!
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[@Roo__]

My Russian tort did this last week, and it freaked me out. Thought he was trying to drown himself 😭 I had no clue about this.

[@ephemeral783]

lmaooo 💀 That would actually be super scary if a tortoise was suicidal

[@cheftoe_7368]

Woah I always wondered about this because how their mouths are built for chomping and not really drinking, the whole time they just use their nose!! Very educational

[@JesusGarcia98.F]

Technically we can drink from our noses too as it redirects to our stomachs too lol

[@kevinamin3]

This was helpful and appreciated. Thanks

[@youssefmohamed7858]

my egyptian tortoise ocatoinally goes and just stiks his head in the water and open his mouth a little and close it realy fast to drink and its so cute and i like watching the water movents in his tiny neck 😁

[@jeanettegonzalez1464]

I just witnessed my sulcata drinking for a full 4 minutes. Then takes a break and drinks again for 1 minute. Amazing creatures

[@stacyxdeadmall5580]

Wow all your tortoises are so pretty :D!!

[@animalwhisperer3698]

hi mate! i just found your video while im searching additional info for sulcata... but once i found your video...its totally awesome and lot of info...subcribe and see your old video...im notice that they alot of changes. ive just love that progress... hope you can get active and more video on soon.... really enjoy your video...

[@ReadyReptiles]

Thank you ! Appreciate you watching and subscribing! I’m definitely trying to be more active ! I post Whenever I can , but will post more soon! Thanks again , much appreciated

[@Arizona_lilly]

What’s the plate thing he’s drinking out of I also seen them for big potted plants he needs that my turtle needs to drink I wanna have a pool of water for him that way

[@karanuckels9985]

Same question

[@michaelhowell8990]

Just found one of these on the street in a city. He’s big & probably a lost pet! It’s summer time. Can he live outside? Do I just feed him carrots like the video? & I can find something for water easy enough.

[@auraw2262]

The species and type (Mediterranean or desert) will determine diet. However the tortoise forum is a good guideline for caring for reptiles. But a good starting place would be identifying species

[@michaelhowell8990]

@@auraw2262 we found the owner

[@Dodomations]

Thank you buddy,all of the time ı think my turtle is not drinking but he is drinking like this

[@Project_Turtle]

Great video! Super cool!

[@ReadyReptiles]

Thank you!

[@Sara-ki3yg]

How is that I've never seen my tortoise do that? He has a special bowl for tortoise but I don't think he ever actually used it. Also we feed him everyday with tomato and cucumber, he eats all grass stuff as well (he spends days outside) and loves to take baths when we are watering our plants. Is my tortoise broken?

[@jluehring]

It sounds like your tortoise is getting plenty of water from the cucumbers and tomatoes. Depending on the type of tortoise you have that may not be a great diet for them

[@morningnbugi]

WOW!!

[@dimorahon]

But why my baby sulcata never wanted to drink water even I put on his shed

[@rainbowrisingfreedom369]

Thank You, ❤

[@Arizona_lilly]

He’s very thirsty

[@Arizona_lilly]

When we water him there’s mini puddle he puts his nose down like that

[@xenoidaltu601]

Wow! I didn't know this. I am curious as to how proto-mammals drank water. In the fossil record cynodonts with a bone in the mouth for suction are labeled as Crown Mammals. I came here to see how non-mammal synapsids drank water. I was expecting filling the mouth with water and then letting gravity do its work.

[@Arizona_lilly]

Where can I find that huge low pottery plate I believe the nostril thing I had water cup for him and he stuck his head inside and I can tell he sniffed the water this makes sense we had a low pottery type thing like this for him to drink but it cracked the little turtle use to swim he’s tiny size of a bread slice but the sulfates is so huge he won’t see water bowls dishes he needs something as low and big and wide as him we have lots of things but w their shells and how they walk and move they knock things over I been dying to find where to buy a wide like pizza size plate maybe 2 inches high at best where he can go into and drink we had a mud pool but next month we will make a new one

[@ReadyReptiles]

At your local hard ware store they can be found ! This one’s was purchased at homedepot and it’s plastic so very durable and long lasting !

[@bulbasaurbrutal5137]

And is he a good boy?

[@tjgetem3783]

Water dirty asf

[@Arizona_lilly]

Yummy

[@sconchycanta4455]

Why does every KZbinr speak exactly the same?? 🤔

[@Aaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrggghhhhhh]

My terrapins do exactly the same, EXCEPT, and truthfully OUT OF A GLASS! I just HAD to post it as thought nobody will believe this! Check it out and let me know what you think!?🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🐢🫶🏻💚🐢🫶🏻💚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿