General Care Discussion :: Information on dry docking

[Zacbuttcrack]

Tomorrow i'm going to start dry docking my turtle, any suggestions? I'm going to get betadine aswell as setup a plastic 15 gallon tub.

thanks

[Love of Animals]

Depends on what you're dry docking for. Steve recommends dry docking at night so the turtle is calm and goes to sleep. Put a towel in with the turtle so it can hide and keep the temp about 75 degrees. If you're dry docking for something severe that requires longer drying out periods. Then dry dock and put in water for 1 hour 2 times a day to defecate and eat.

[steve]

I agree... any type of treatment you plan should reflect the situation. The last thing you want to do is use a wrong treatment or try to treat something that is not an issue.