New and trying to learn
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 3:17 pm
Hi,
I am new to the world of turtles. I am a preschool teacher in Istanbul. I am Australian and only speak a little Turkish. I discovered a small tank with two RES's in it at my school and I was immediately disturbed at the size of the turtles compared to the size of the tank. Admittedly, I knew NOTHING about RES's or any turtles but I just got a feeling that these turtles were not happy or being housed humanely. So I did some research, first to find out what kind of turtles they were. I have watched so many videos and read so many articles. I have to admit I am still confused and have been waking up at 2am thinking about the poor turtles and wishing I could move this process along faster so they are happy. I went to a pet store and with my limited Turkish ordered a tank to be made. It is 1m x 70 cm x 50 cm. It has a glass basking platform. The pet store man wrote a list of things that I needed and that he is preparing for me. Anyway...this is all very difficult in a foreign language!
So tomorrow morning I will pick up the new tank and supplies and take it to my school to set up. I think I will have many questions but my first is about the basking platform. It is glass. Do I need to put something on it so the turtles can climb on it? If so, what do you suggest?
Thanks in advance for all the help that I hope you are going to provide for me in making sure these turtles have a happy home!
Lal
I am new to the world of turtles. I am a preschool teacher in Istanbul. I am Australian and only speak a little Turkish. I discovered a small tank with two RES's in it at my school and I was immediately disturbed at the size of the turtles compared to the size of the tank. Admittedly, I knew NOTHING about RES's or any turtles but I just got a feeling that these turtles were not happy or being housed humanely. So I did some research, first to find out what kind of turtles they were. I have watched so many videos and read so many articles. I have to admit I am still confused and have been waking up at 2am thinking about the poor turtles and wishing I could move this process along faster so they are happy. I went to a pet store and with my limited Turkish ordered a tank to be made. It is 1m x 70 cm x 50 cm. It has a glass basking platform. The pet store man wrote a list of things that I needed and that he is preparing for me. Anyway...this is all very difficult in a foreign language!
So tomorrow morning I will pick up the new tank and supplies and take it to my school to set up. I think I will have many questions but my first is about the basking platform. It is glass. Do I need to put something on it so the turtles can climb on it? If so, what do you suggest?
Thanks in advance for all the help that I hope you are going to provide for me in making sure these turtles have a happy home!
Lal