General Care Discussion :: Weird Turtle basking behaviour?

[Telmob]

alright, me again, just a quick question.

On a good note, my turtle basks when im in the room! i think he's realized that im the one that feeds him and i dont hurt him haha

but i noticed that when he basks he actually is lying on only his shell and his back legs are like flipped upwards towards the light and his front legs are tucked into his shell, hes healthy and swims happily, its just kinda a weird look :S

normal?

i think it is, im just checking


thanks for future help

[ivonaa]

Definitly normal. Mine do that all the time. They are SOOOOO FUNNY!!!

[steve]

He's absorbing the amount of heat he wants to regulate his temperature.

[pajamatree]

It's the superman pose! Almost every turtle I've seen do it.


Isn't it great!!

[Telmob]

ya its pretty cool, im in dorms and everyone likes to watch the turtle do the "superman" as you saw

i guess i have to buy him a cape now...

[JAS722]

I love it when they do the superman pose . . . so cute!

[Dein211]

i dont get to see my turtle do it very often but when she does the hilarity ensues! XD

[Reel Girl]

When Sheldon was younger, he basked with front flippers wide open in the Superman flying pose, now he does that adorable basking with his back legs all stretched out!

I just posted a recent scrapbook page I created for Sheldon with his Superman pose!

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii25 ... nsmall.jpg

[TurtleLover_S&B]

I've never seem my turtles do it.They stick both of their hands out and feet,and just lay there.They don't like raise their feet toward the light.

[DebbieJean]

Both my turtles do that pose or sometimes they have all four feet stretched out. I love watching them bask they are too cute.