Habitat - Indoor :: FInished my Basking Area, Couple Q's

[Brianthedog18]

I Was just wondering, what angle is too steep for the turtle to climb I have the ramp set up so that it doesn't seem that steep, but I'm not too sure. I'll try to post pictures later, but for now, can someone just tell me how steep it can be?

[staman]

Anything more than 45 degrees would be a tough uphill climb for a turt. Mine is about 25-30 degrees. It also matters what substance your dock is made out of. i.e. is he gonna slip when he's trying to climb up.

[Brianthedog18]

nah, it's covered in shelf liner.

And ok, it's about 45 degrees right now and I don't have room to make it any smaller of an angle. Hopefully it will work

[Spookster]

I think mine is probably around 45 degrees and I use a very grippable shelf liner and my RES has not problem getting up and down it. You can see it in the photo gallery section.

[ellman605]

mine is at a very slight angle, but its made out of popsicle sticks, so i'm not sure how sturdy it is.

[Brianthedog18]

popsicle sticks? How did you pull that off to be sturdy enough?

[ellman605]

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b195/ ... G00090.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b195/ ... G00092.jpg

thats mine, not very good, but it works better than their old one.