Well, opinions are opinions. I was just stating that if the tort isn't eating, it's usually best not to touch it at all unless you feel the need for veterinary intervention.

Then again, we all seem to have different approaches to keeping torts. Some people are more 'hands-on'. I feel that if you give them everything they need they simply don't need to be bothered. Of course they don't drink out of a dish. Few reptiles do. They also don't soak. Very rarely would they do something like that in the wild. I am not saying there aren't health benefits in it (as there certainly are in some cases), just that in the wild they tend to utilize different resources. Burrowing, burying themselves, hiding under moist leaf litter, hiding in the root systems of trees. Pretty much going somewhere to help conserve moisture. Most non-tropical tortoises in captivity tend to be kept in enclosures that don't offer that kind of microclimate.

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