General Care Discussion :: Basking light clamp

[meandmyturtles]

hi everyone, update on the lamp, it was defective I brought it in so they could show me, and it was just defective, the little ball wasn't right lol , so now my turtles are happy again, one more question groucho is sitting on his log happly basking but he brought a piece of dandylion up also and he is eating it, I have never seen him do that I thought for some reason they only ate in the water

[DavidY]

Oh, ok. I was wondering why it wasn't working for you. Did they give you a new one?

I've never seen my RES swallow their food out of the water before. They have climbed up on their platform to grab a cricket but they always drag it back in the water to swallow.

[N4784N R4613]

They CAN EAT(or at least it looks like they are eating, it really isn't eating though, there just tearing it up.) out of water, BUT they CAN'T SWALLOW out of water. They have no saliva.

Edit: Lol David!! Your are always right ahead of me.

[meandmyturtles]

thank you for those pictures, mine looks like that now, the ball was wrong thats why it wouldn't hold ,,,,, whewwwwwwwwww so glad it wasn't me

[meandmyturtles]

yes they gave me a new one, put it together and also gave me a couple of plants for my trouble , I just thought it was weird that Groucho had food sitting up there , I think he was so happy to have his light back he forgot he couldn't eat out of the water

[Daniel3507]

im glad to hear the lamp situation was taken care of. ive never seen a turtle eat or chew above water. sounds interesting

[marisa]

In a petstore I once saw a staff person use tongs to give some food to a YBS. It was amazing---the turtle took the food in his mouth and just swallowed it. I've never seen anything like that since. (But I wouldn't try doing that with any of my turtles.)

[meandmyturtles]

I was shocked to see Groucho carry the food onto his log, I have never seen him do that before of course he never went a day without his basking light, I think he was just real happy to have it back ,,,,,

[dghenson7445]

go to fluker farms website and click on heating/lighting and it gives detailed instructions on how to install. I too bought one this weekend and no instructions with it but I did find it on the website and was no problem after that.

[N4784N R4613]

Lol, that would have been easier huh?

Here is the link...
http://www.flukerfarms.com/install-clamplamp.htm

[mina777]

Oh, am I glad I found this website!! I couldn't figure out my lamp either, it is the same one. I actually lay in bed awake last night trying to figure the darn thing out!!

[Bumby's Mom]

I just bought one a few weeks ago and had to have my uncle put it together LOL I couldn't figure it out either, I was completely stumped. I thought that they somehow connected to the actual holes in the metal dome... silly me.