Today is our box turtle rehydration day down here in the Meador Nature Center! With the warm weather last week our box turtles (one is an Eastern Box Turtle and the other is a Three-Toed Box Turtle) are coming out of their semi-hibernative state, which means they are quite thirsty! (Wouldn't you be after not eating and drinking for a couple months?!) So our box turtles are taking a nice soak in some warm water to stimulate them to drink and replenish their fluids. Basically they are living the life of luxury in a nice, warm hot tub for the day! Their water gets poured out and replenished every 15 minutes to keep it fresh and warm. After a couple hours their body weight will more than double because of all the replenished fluids in their body!
So happy rehydration day! Remember to drink your water and keep your body hydrated as well, just like our box turtles! :-)
