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I get a lot of questions about how often a baby tortoise should be soaked, and my response is always daily.\u00a0 The most common reason baby tortoises get sick is dehydration.\u00a0 Soaking daily hydrates them, and in some cases, hyper-hydrates them.\u00a0 The advantage of soaking daily allows you some cushion days when you’re super busy.\u00a0 […]\n","protected":false},"author":9729,"featured_media":8086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1646,45,2072,2071,2070,2069],"class_list":["post-8085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-baby-russian-tortoise","tag-baby-tortoise","tag-healthy-tortoise","tag-hydration","tag-soaking","tag-torotise"],"yoast_head":"\n