General Care Discussion :: Do turtles normally sleep in the water or on their...

[MoreBloodWine]

Do turtles normally sleep in the water on on their basking docks ? I ask because I almost got scared for a minute tonight. So it's lights out and I'm walking by my lil ones tank and I look in. He's sitting in the water on his plants but almost at a 45 degree angle with his head down in the water. I dont know if he was sleeping or just chillin with his head down but he gave me a bit of a scare.

[SpenceMasta]

yes turtles can sleep in the water

[MoreBloodWine]

Weird heh, I just looked at him/her again and he/she is like a quarter inch below the waters surface on the fake plants with the head tucked into the shell sleeping. Only thing sticking out is two feet I guess to hold onto the plants or something heh. But the filters in flow is movin him/her a bit and he/shes not moving.


On a side note I'll be glad when I find out if hes a she or shes a he this way I can stop the whole he / she stuff lol.

[joeybsmooth]

Spaz just sleeps any way he wanst lol Some nights he is under the water, other nights he is on his ramp half way in the water half way out ( this is where is most of the time ) and the funny one is he goes vertical and waeges himself in between the heater and the glass .

[crackerlady2007]

Mr. Turtle always sleeps in the water. I've never seen him sleep on his basking dock.

[ivonaa]

Yeah, they are verry funny lol. Mine to sleep in the water all the time.

[MoreBloodWine]

When I woke up he / she was already chillin on the dock... funny thing is when I looked at him/her early today he/she let out a yawn. I didnt think turtles yawned lol

[ivonaa]

On yeah, they are so cute when they do that. I wish i can take a pics of the yawning

[MoreBloodWine]

I wanted to take a pic when he/she yawned but it was so cute I almost laughed a bit.

[spaceapple]

My turtles like to sleep in their half-way submerged log cave. That way they can easily poke their noses up to get air. I have a mirror by that side of the tank so that I can check on them when they're in there. ^_^

[MoreBloodWine]

I just looked and he/she's sleepin or chillin in the water now and its like 4pm lol.

[TupacTheTurle]

i just caught tupac chilling on his basking dock sunning all his legs and he was knocked out! i went to take a picture but he woke up.

[Joel]

My younger Res's will go up begind the heater cord so they wedge themselves in between it and the glass and then fall asleep with there heads sticking out lol

[blulite]

tumble has a habbit of shoving the filter asida nad sleeping etween the filter and glass. if hes not there he is usually underneath it. i have only ever seen him sleeping on the dock once he had his back legs streached right out and the rest of him was in the shell. it looked so cool.

[ScrewZoo]

They sleep in water, and rest on the dock.