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Post Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2015 1:21 pm   Re: res staying out of the water

I agree with Joe. I do have a separate concern, it's that she has grown pretty quickly in 2 years. She does need to shed, and it looks like the marginals are on their way.
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Post Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2015 5:33 pm   Re: res staying out of the water

Yes, there was some overfeeding her as a hatchling as she had a very big and aggressive appetite and we were learning about sliders at the time.
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Post Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2015 8:05 pm   Re: res staying out of the water

How is Hannah doing?? Any change in her behavior yet?
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Post Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 5:28 pm   Re: res staying out of the water

no, just the same! staying on basking area with occasional dips. stays up at night also.
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Post Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 6:33 pm   Re: res staying out of the water

she is still eating??
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Post Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 4:20 pm   Re: res staying out of the water

yes she will eat some, but not like before.
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Post Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2015 5:08 pm   Re: res staying out of the water

YAY!!!! i think the light changed helped. She is getting in the water more and begging for food:) Also one of her scutes came off, so shedding is improving also. thank you Joe and Steve
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Post Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2015 5:35 pm   Re: res staying out of the water

ok completely back to normal, when i walked by the tank, she started knocking on the plexiglass to get my attention, so i would feed her!!! lol
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Post Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2015 6:56 pm   Re: res staying out of the water

Yay, I am so glad to hear it. You go Hannah :D
I have also learned from this to change the UVB bulbs at least every six months..
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