Hobby Hobby Torto Dish

Product Description

Hobby Torto Dish – The species-appropriate, shallow food and water bowl for tortoises

Product Description

Choosing the right food and water dish is crucial when keeping tortoises: Conventional dishes are often too deep, forcing the animals to struggle to climb into them, causing them to tip over or drag the food into the substrate, where it quickly becomes contaminated. The Hobby Torto Dish is the ideal solution to this problem. This specialized dish was specifically developed to meet the needs of European and tropical tortoises and combines maximum functionality with an attractive, natural design.

The Torto Dish’s well-thought-out design features a particularly shallow, gently sloping rim that’s only about 2 cm high. This allows tortoises of all ages—from hatchlings to adults—to easily approach the dish, eat or drink without exerting any effort, and leave the dish just as safely. With its generous dimensions of approximately 22 x 17 cm, it offers ample space for the daily portion of fresh food or wild herbs. Thanks to its heavy weight, the dish stands absolutely rock-solid on the substrate or the grass in the outdoor enclosure. It’s virtually impossible for the reptiles to knock it over or move it with their powerful legs. Additionally, the material is completely non-toxic and food-safe.

The long-term result is a clean, hygienic, and stress-free feeding area in your enclosure. Since the inner surface is smoothly sealed, bacteria and food residue have virtually no chance of sticking. The bowl can be rinsed out and disinfected in a flash, which helps prevent disease and makes daily care for your armored pets much easier.

What’s Included

• Hobby Torto Dish Feeding Bowl: Sturdy, flat specialty bowl (approx. 22 x 17 x 2 cm) made of high-quality, food-safe synthetic resin with an authentic stone look.

Your Benefits

• Species-Appropriate, Barrier-Free Access: The extremely low rim of approx. 2 cm prevents turtles from having to contort themselves while eating or from falling onto their backs when climbing over the dish.
• Perfect dimensions: The surface area of approx. 22 x 17 cm is ideal for feeding individual turtles or small groups without taking up too much space in the terrarium.
• Maximum Stability: The solid cast material ensures a heavy weight, so the dish stays in place even during boisterous feeding sessions.
• Hygienic & Easy to Clean: The non-porous surface can be easily cleaned of sticky fruit residue, wild herbs, or lime deposits.
• Safe for Your Animals: Made from completely non-toxic resin that does not leach harmful substances into the water or food and is shatterproof.
• Weatherproof for Outdoor Enclosures: The material is UV-resistant and frost-resistant, making the bowl perfect for year-round use in outdoor enclosures.

Uses

• As a food or water bowl: Ideal for all tortoise species, such as Greek, Moorish, or leopard tortoises.
• For indoor and outdoor use: Perfect for both indoor terrariums and structured outdoor enclosures in the garden.
• Also suitable for other reptiles: Thanks to its shallow design, it’s equally ideal for lizards with short legs (e.g., skinks) or as a shallow bathing area for smaller lizard species.

Technical Specifications

About the Hobby Brand (Dohse Terraristik)

When you choose a product from the Hobby brand by Dohse, you’re choosing the expertise of a long-established family-owned company that has played a leading role in shaping the aquatics and terrarium industries in Europe for many decades. Under the Hobby Terraristik label, this long-established German company combines in-depth expertise with a practical product line tailored precisely to the needs of reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates. Dohse has always been committed to making the care of exotic animals as natural, safe, and straightforward as possible.

These high quality standards and attention to detail are evident in every single product. From species-appropriate setups to technical innovations in climate control and well-designed accessories—Hobby combines German engineering and development quality with a passion for nature. With products from Hobby, you can create a species-appropriate oasis of well-being for your animals and rely on durable materials that perfectly handle everyday life in the terrarium or outdoor enclosure.