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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 10:58 pm **he basks!**

I was having a little trouble getting Napoleon to bask recently. Turns out he's pretty particular about his UVB, he prefers a reptisun to a reptiglo. I gave the reptiglo to Moxie and she's not complaining, and Napoleon's back to basking so everyone's happy. I got some cute pics of Napolen being a bum!

And here's Moxie. Look at that cute little smile!

Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 11:03 pm

Cute! Glad that he's basking again!

Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 11:08 pm

They are both very adaorable. I do love the pic of Moxie. It does look like a smile!

Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 11:58 pm

Have you ever thought of doing a Napoleon calendar? It would be a hoot!

Your turtles could teach us all a lot about life.

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 3:57 am

I would cover the edges of the basking dock with something soft like the puffy rubber shelf liner or the aquarium "carpet" that is water safe. I suggest this because Nyx got some really bad bruising from constantly rubbing her shell on the egde of her basking dock (thought it was shell rot, but it was just some bad bruising) since half the time she refuses to use her ramp to get down lol. I covered it with the puffy shelf liner and her bruises are going away now.
Your turts are gorgeous too

I love the long nails on Napoleon.

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 12:18 pm

Love the third pic. Very hansome

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 1:32 pm

I love Napoleon's poses...he's a very relaxed basker!

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 3:38 pm

LOL Pic #3 looks like contest material to me!

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 6:37 pm

I hope my lil' Steve grows up to be just as handsome as Napolean and Hercules! I love Moxie's "smile"!

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 7:35 pm

Lol you named him Steve? Is he named after 'Steve' Steve? Because that would be too cute.

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 7:57 pm

Yep! - neither name participant liked the names I had originally picked out, so I named them after them. I was going to name then Picasso and Crieghton.

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 8:10 pm

Bumby's Mom wrote:I would cover the edges of the basking dock with something soft like the puffy rubber shelf liner or the aquarium "carpet" that is water safe. I suggest this because Nyx got some really bad bruising from constantly rubbing her shell on the egde of her basking dock (thought it was shell rot, but it was just some bad bruising) since half the time she refuses to use her ramp to get down lol. I covered it with the puffy shelf liner and her bruises are going away now.
Your turts are gorgeous too I love the long nails on Napoleon.

I was thinking of doing that but I couldn't figure out what to use to adhere it to the tile. Any ideas? I had the edge covered with tape at one point but it fell off after a day or so.

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 12:12 am

I was thinking of doing that but I couldn't figure out what to use to adhere it to the tile. Any ideas? I had the edge covered with tape at one point but it fell off after a day or so.[/quote]

Would silicone make it stick well? I think someone on here (David??) said that superglue is aquarium safe, but I'd really investigate that first. I'd think silicone would do it though.

Love, love, LOVE pic #3. #4 is cute too, but #3 made me laugh out loud!

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 1:39 am

I use those "binder clips" (I am pretty positive thats the actual name) they are black and have 2 prongs that allow you to pull them open and they are working very well so far. It's worth a try, you can get a whole package of the smaller ones for like $2.00.
The aquarium safe silicone works well if the turtles isn't very heavey but the downside is it has to cure for 2 or 3 days at the least before it is ok to go into the tank. The silicone didn't work on Nyx's dock. After a while all of it peeled off of the ramp. It works great on the babies dock/ramp too (but they only weigh a few grams LOL).

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 5:47 pm

That 3rd picture is ADORABLE!!!

Napoleon has such a personality

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