Urgent Care :: Turtle splashes around like crazy and does not want to bask?

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Post Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2016 11:33 pm   Turtle splashes around like crazy and does not want to bask?

Hi everyone!
So my turtle is about 1.5 years old, I got him a little over a year ago when he was a baby. Recently he's been waking me up early in the morning by swimming into the side of his tank and splashing water like crazy. It looks like he is trying to climb out of the tank. Then he does it again at night around 9 or 10. Most of the time he stops when I feed him but sometimes he will keep doing this for about an hour after I feed him more than enough. Is he just doing this because he wants more food? He also rarely basks. When I first got him I caught him multiple times a day basking but now I don't ever see him bask. I haven't changed his basking area and I have recently gotten a new lightbulb for the lamp. I just wanted to see if anyone else experienced this and if there's anything I should be doing differently.
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Post Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 3:45 am   Re: Turtle splashes around like crazy and does not want to b

Could be begging, though gravid females sometimes act in a similar way. Are your lights on a timer? Is he fed on a schedule?
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Post Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 7:06 am   Re: Turtle splashes around like crazy and does not want to b

Do you have a picture of him/her so we can see possibly what sex he is?? We need to see front claws and the length of the tail.. How big is your turtle in Carapace (Shell) length?
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