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sapphire cant submerge herself underwater plz help?

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Sat Dec 07, 2013 8:35 pm
by discoturtleman14
there is plenty of water and she puts her head under like she is trying to go under but she cant and i dont know why can someone help me figure this out thx
Re: sapphire cant submerge herself underwater plz help?

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Sun Dec 08, 2013 5:07 pm
by steve
What's the water temperature? What's the basking area like?
Re: sapphire cant submerge herself underwater plz help?

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Thu Dec 12, 2013 9:55 pm
by discoturtleman14
the water temperature is 83 the baskin area is cool it's has gravel with moss on top and the temperature is about 78 to 82
Re: sapphire cant submerge herself underwater plz help?

Posted:
Fri Dec 13, 2013 10:08 am
by steve
How big/old is she?
Re: sapphire cant submerge herself underwater plz help?

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Fri Jan 24, 2014 10:01 pm
by discoturtleman14
srry for the late post but thx everyone for the help unfortunately sapphire didnt make it she had soft shell syndrome too bad and she had swollen eyes for to long and died from starvation but i did get another turtle his name is bandit and he is one year old and very healthy he is 4 inches but i got him a 55 gallon tank to make him happy and a acrylic turtle dock with a 55 gallon filter and many water plants but he wont bask and i think its because i just got him a couple days ago but im not sure and he stays at the bottom of the tank and walks doesnt swim can anyone tell me y
Re: sapphire cant submerge herself underwater plz help?

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Sat Jan 25, 2014 11:51 am
by devilduck
Sorry to hear about Sapphire. Hopefully things will work out better with Bandit. Post up some pictures!