Hey all, Ted is doing well in his environment and eating well. I am going to modify his environment this spring to include basking rock etc (he just basks on the sub for now). I have a ceramic heater above his house and he occasionally basks on top of it. I am using a fluorescent UVB tube at the moment but have a 100 watt MV on order from Mega Ray. He is very social and comes when he hears our voices. For a rescue turtle, he has integrated into the family very quickly. He is fed an organic mix of greens dusted with calcium supliment from Costco, and we separated the different greens out and alternate what we give him for variety. There is a little bit of red cabbage in there and we give it to him occasionally as a treat. his favorite past time is digging a hole to nap in (right under the heat lamp).
I am looking forward to the new MV lamp as I have always been suspicious of fluorescent UVB lamps.
Oh, his enclosure is a little over a foot wide and 4 ft long I have the basking lamp at the far end of the enclosure, his home is at the other end. His hide is a half log with a cover on the opposite end for privacy and it is covered with sub to emulate a cave. Sub is organic compost, cf and fir chips all mixed. He is in a large fish tank and I left the colorful background (attached to the outside of the tank) so he has some visual stimulation. The glass does not bother him as he was raised in a tank less than a third of the size. Convection from the heat lamps keeps the tank ventilated.
I know the tank isn't optimal but due to space restrictions we are kind of stuck with what we have. I may be able to build a table this summer that is about 6 inches wider, but not much more. Any other ideas to keep Ted happy?
I am looking forward to the new MV lamp as I have always been suspicious of fluorescent UVB lamps.
Oh, his enclosure is a little over a foot wide and 4 ft long I have the basking lamp at the far end of the enclosure, his home is at the other end. His hide is a half log with a cover on the opposite end for privacy and it is covered with sub to emulate a cave. Sub is organic compost, cf and fir chips all mixed. He is in a large fish tank and I left the colorful background (attached to the outside of the tank) so he has some visual stimulation. The glass does not bother him as he was raised in a tank less than a third of the size. Convection from the heat lamps keeps the tank ventilated.
I know the tank isn't optimal but due to space restrictions we are kind of stuck with what we have. I may be able to build a table this summer that is about 6 inches wider, but not much more. Any other ideas to keep Ted happy?
