Habitat - Indoor :: New DBT babyyyyyy

[the-turtle-Girl]

Wellll I HAD to do this I wanted him SOOOO bad and he's gorgeous , it's a blue concentric Diamondback Terrapin and I adore him !

[the-turtle-Girl]

[Kansasslider]

Nice!

[unclejoe]

Beautiful..

[the-turtle-Girl]

Do diamond back terrapins normally sleep a lot ?

[the-turtle-Girl]

Also he's got some brownish looking stuff by his back end on his legs ? Not sure if he's shedding skin or ?

[steve]

They should be active like RES. Is he eating?

[the-turtle-Girl]

Yea he eats with everyone else . Just sleeps a lot . Is ALWAYS on the basking dock under the lights sleeping . And I think he's shedding skin maybe ?

[steve]

Shedding is normal, but he should be a bit more active.

[the-turtle-Girl]

I had fish in the tank I think the ammonia from the fish may have been bothering him cause my one res was acting funny too and as soon as I removed the fish and did a water change he was fine . But my dbt is just still not that active . I put him in some warm water and he woke up quite a bit he's swimming around and everything but as soon as I put him back in the tank he'll just go to sleep .. viewtopic.php?f=15&t=35401&start=120

[steve]

Bump up the water/basking temps a bit. He's only been like this since you moved him?

[the-turtle-Girl]

No only the past 2 weeks or so :/ I have a 100 watt bulb over the basking area .. and the waters up to about 84

[steve]

And you're sure he's eating?

[the-turtle-Girl]

I noticed today he didn't eat but yea he has been eating . I might pick up some reptomim tomorrow and try feeding that until I can get some mazuri .. Cause I wanna try that .

[steve]

Have you tried any live prey?