Re: More Swimming Torts

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: : Seen the photos and yes some species of tortoise can swim, or have been known to swim. : : Leopards apparently are one of those species, and judging by the photos, red foots too. : : However. : : This doesn't mean that deep bodies of water should be made available to our tortoises. : : If a tortoise is in deep water and can't get out, it WILL drown. : : Those photos are interesting, but if the keeper wasn't right there and the tortoise had no way to get out. Sooner or later it would become exhusted and drown. : : I remember a couple of other incidents in the last year or so, where tortoises have been found in the pool.( posted to the email groups by distraught owners) : : Only problem is, they were on the bottom, not swimming happily around. : : Terry. : The picture is of a yellowfoot. I don't know about anybody elses redfoots but mine can't swim. They sink like rocks. A deep pool is a bad thing to have around any tortoise in my opinion. : Tim

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