General Care Discussion

Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 5:05 pm **Turtle doesn't bask :( !**

I barley see my turtle, Moon bask. He's always in the water ! But sometimes when I get up in the middle of the night. I see him basking. My basking area is good enough for him to climb up. What can I do to let my turtle bask? I don't want his shell to turn yellow !

Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 6:50 pm **Re: Turtle doesn't bask :( !**

Your turtle will most likely bask when you are not around. My turtle will not bask when I'm active in the house. Just make sure your water temperature is correct, and your basking area temperature is 10° above that.

Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 6:56 pm **Re: Turtle doesn't bask :( !**

Thanks (:

Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 12:55 pm **Re: Turtle doesn't bask :( !**

to solve my turtles not basking, lowered the temperature of the water. i found that when my turts were in 70deg water and their baskin area was at 80, they would barely bother to get out of the water.

after i moved house, ive now done away with the heater completely aa theres a radiator really close to the tank and the water stays quite warm in general.

my turts all spend a lot of time out of the water now they have a proper basking area.

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 5:07 pm **Re: Turtle doesn't bask :( !**

Noticed for that last two days my turtles havent been basking. And I always catch them every time i would go into the garage they would be basking but in the last 2 days ive noticed they dont. The water is about 78. As far as the basking area the temp wont get higher then 86 since the weather has changed , before it was always at 95.

Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 9:23 am **Re: Turtle doesn't bask :( !**

How much privacy do they get in there?

Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 11:41 am **Re: Turtle doesn't bask :( !**

butter has tons of privacy peanut and jelly not much they are in a clear rubbermaid container

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 4:57 pm **Re: Turtle doesn't bask :( !**

What wattage bulb are you using for their basking area?

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 7:12 pm **Re: Turtle doesn't bask :( !**

Butters, is 100W and Peanut and jellys is 75W

Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 5:29 pm **Re: Turtle doesn't bask :( !**

Those are pretty high. What type of bulbs are they? How close are they to the basking area?

Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 5:36 pm **Re: Turtle doesn't bask :( !**

I lied Peanut and jellys are a 50W and Butters is a 100W but they are basking now I think that when we had that rain it dropped the temp in the garage and made their basking area not get to the right temp.

Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 5:40 pm **Re: Turtle doesn't bask :( !**

Heres Pics so u can see the distance of my lights

Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:03 pm **Re: Turtle doesn't bask :( !**

All three are not basking? How many hours are the lamps on?

Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:16 pm **Re: Turtle doesn't bask :( !**

ya they were not basking when we had some rain and it dropped the temp in the garage and the basking area was only at like 80 and the water was like 75 but now the water temp is 80 and basking is 90 and they are all basking again.

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