Has anyone else experienced this? I have a large, 12 year old RES. He’s had the gimmick for several years with the zoo-med hanging light for his basking area (the two lights side by side in one enclosed version, for warmth and uvb). It used to be that on very rare occasions he’d take interest in the lamp for a minute, figure out he was never going to get it and go back about his day.
But for the past two month he has become obsessed with it. He is CONSTANTLY on his PCV platform, climbing up so that his feet are on the platform and his hands are on the mesh tank cover, losing his grip, and then coming down belly first on the platform. It’s become a nightmare. It’s loud and unpleasant. I’m working remotely from home in a creative field and I’m constantly in a bad mood because the turtle is making so much noise for hours at a time. the PVC platform I built keeps coming apart because he’s a heavy turtle and it can’t withstand his constant falling. I’m sure it doesn’t help his eyes that he’s constantly staring directly into light bulbs that are only inches from his face.