WATER DISH

Hi everyone, as promised I want to tell  you about water dishes. I have quite a few and the edges are a little high for Hatchlings and slightly older tortoises.So, I have found a way to lower it!  Now ,I usually buy Exo Terra dishes  which are made of fibre resin and I haven't tried doing this with other makes so I will leave it up to you. Right, put  on some safety glasses and get a bread knife; YES, a bread knife with a serated edge.Go outside because you will get little shards flying off. Then, what you do is put the dish on a table or hard surface and whack it with the knife ! I know it sounds  mad but it works. Hit it quite hard where you want to lower the edge and little pieces with chip off.Keep doing it along the edge until it has been lowered enough. You want it so it will still hold water. Once this has been done get  some sand paper or I used an emery board and smooth off any rough edges. It only took me a few minutes and I am now going to do it to the others. I tried an ordinary knife to start with and I LOOKED at a hammer but thought no! I think because the bread knife is serated it works really well. I have put a couple of pictures in the photo gallery to show you what the dish looks like after I have finished !!  DON,T forget the safety glasses though... Have fun....