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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:02 pm **No-Frills Basking Area with Sleeping Berth**

I used BullDog's idea of using egg crate and a plastic bin to build a no-frills basking area to get Sally more swim space. It will be a while before I can upgrade, so space was at a premium for my big girl. I added a sleeping berth too, and she's using it! Here it is:

One might be thinking that the lights seem too low but it wasn't warm at a higher elevation and it's got the proper 10 degree difference from the water temp. Sal loves it and is basking as much as she did before but now has area to 'sprawl' out...and boy is she taking advantage of it!

Sal's first look-

First attempt up the ramp-

Wow, this isn't too bad!

There you have it. :lol:

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:50 pm

Is the plastic bin closed at the top?

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 4:06 pm

Nope; it's cut out with a bit of a lip left to thwart escape attempts ...though she never looks to climb anyway.

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 5:13 pm

Wow that is awesome!!
Your turtle seems to love it

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 7:01 pm

ingenius! what a great idea. well done.

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 8:17 pm

Sally looks pleased....Nice job!

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 8:27 pm

What a great idea. And it seems so easy to make and inexpensive. I love it.

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:03 am

i love the setup!

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:08 am

Wow! Sally looks really healthy!

That's a great setup! I wish I could make things...lol

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:08 am

Thanks for the kind comments; I owe so much to the contributors on this forum. When I joined this January, Sally was in only 6" of water with a TetraFauna filter, had no heat, no UVB, and ate only pellets! I'm sure if the turtle 'queen' could talk, she'd say that she was eternally grateful and ask me what the heck took you so long to get a clue mom!

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 12:05 pm

It looks like she is really happy with her new basking area. And what a clever and creative mom she has.

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 3:18 pm

Nice job! Sally is a pretty lucky girl.

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:18 pm

That looks pretty cool! She can't reach the rim of the tank while on the ramp, can she?

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:56 pm

She comes short of it but she's not a climber...when spoiled rotten why leave?

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:29 am

Looks awsome! The semi-translucent basket is cool to see her basking too!

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