General Care Discussion :: uh oh... my daughter turned off the heater!

[flyjawn]

i was fishing out some leaves from tortuga's tank and i realized the water felt cold. i checked the heater and it was turned off!!!

so i put in a thermometer and it's 68 degrees!!

i turned it back on, set it back to 78 but should i just do a partial water change and replace with warmer water to bring it up to temp quickly?

it must have been off for at least a full day. i feel so bad. will my turt be okay?

[Cramer]

That's okay. Turtles in the wild deal with far worse and so do domestic ones as well. I had no power for over a week in a summer flood of 'O6. No heater, lights, filter or hot tap water.
Luckily, turtles are very tough and hardy in the short term.

[daniela]

Hey, Hi! My little guys are pretty friendly. I have a 20gal long... a third of the tank is dedicated land for basking and the remaining for swimming... they have P l e n t y of room amoung the three of them, plus Sammy, JoJo, and The Gang.

He's always been the shy one... Crazy, Us Cubbies are NEVER Shy... maybe I shouldn't have named him Wrigley?!?!

I always keep plenty of Anacharis for them... and feed them shrimp?!?

I have to encourage him to get up and eat...

[mikee]

fly-awn -- I would not advise you pouring hot water in your tank to warm them up. It is the quick cooling and quick warming that has a tendency to cause RI. Besides that, you could crack you glass if you warm it up too quickly. Slowly cool and slowly warm should not hurt your turtles. Good Luck!

[flyjawn]

thanks guys... i'll just let it come back up tp temp on it's own. and when my 3 year old wakes up from her nap, we're going to have a talk!

[daniela]

Yeah, good luck with that... lol!

[compas]

same problem happened with my niece... lol

she always turns of the lamp everytime she see it on.

but she stopped doing it after i tied the cable extention to the window... lol

it's just way too high for her hehehehe