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Re: Bored, stressed, or neither?

PostPosted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 11:31 pm
by steve
I'm not sure if the dry docking is necessary, maybe worthwhile if he gets some UVB. How is his behavior when you're doing this? Basks, hides or tries to escape?

Re: Bored, stressed, or neither?

PostPosted: Sat Dec 02, 2017 1:44 am
by PokePony
Well I'm very happy to hear this ! :) Always awesome news when you know your companions are healthy !

Re: Bored, stressed, or neither?

PostPosted: Sat Dec 02, 2017 7:59 am
by litefoot
That one or two hour difference in day light with seasons changing or 1*-2* difference in temp's may not mean a lot to us . Some of our little friends are more sensitive to it and respond in there way. No matter how well we think our habitat's are set , not all turtles are exactly the same , some just don't follow that book. All we can do is observe well and adjust to our little guy's needs. After five decades in hobby I am still learning. Looking at it more from a turtles point of view may help // guess we need to add psychology to our field of turtle keeping...8)

Re: Bored, stressed, or neither?

PostPosted: Sat Dec 02, 2017 8:59 am
by Kingbird44
He tries to escape, then basks. It seems worth trying for a bit because I'm worried he's not getting enough UV light... and he did seem to bask more on his own afterwards yesterday.

Re: Bored, stressed, or neither?

PostPosted: Sat Dec 02, 2017 6:05 pm
by litefoot
Tell Sedge that Piggley agrees , that his buddy will be ok ! 8)

Re: Bored, stressed, or neither?

PostPosted: Thu Dec 07, 2017 2:22 pm
by Kingbird44
Well, I made the changes. It seems like dry docking gave him the cue he needed? I only dry docked for ~30 mins on Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon. Then I was out of town Tues-Wed. Housemate says he basked a lot the past couple days and he's backing right now (Thurs) :)

Re: Bored, stressed, or neither?

PostPosted: Thu Dec 07, 2017 2:36 pm
by litefoot
That's great news for the both of you !

Re: Bored, stressed, or neither?

PostPosted: Fri Dec 08, 2017 2:00 am
by PokePony
Very nice to hear :)

Re: Bored, stressed, or neither?

PostPosted: Sat Dec 16, 2017 9:18 am
by Kingbird44
Still going well. I paid the vet 33 bucks to look at my turtle's poop just in case... no parasites either :-P

Re: Bored, stressed, or neither?

PostPosted: Sat Dec 16, 2017 9:39 am
by litefoot
Bet you feel much better and Sedge too !

The hidden question is still "why" all this started !

To me turtles as they get older they feel thing's differently. You know how I am so give me little break please I'm old. With several other post on this subject I made a change and Piggley is basking a little longer. Yes he has very large basking area with wide range of temps BUT this winter he normally goes in one area with the temp there at 89*. Instead of keep changing from 25 , 50 ,75 watt supplemental heat bulbs for the winter I got a dimmer. It allows me to fine tune one degree at a time for the best temp Piggley's looking for. https://www.lightingdirect.com/lutron-t ... r/p1856851
I just like having more control over the temps ! I keep the 75 watt in fixture if I would ever need to go that high and tone it down with dimmer to what Piggley likes best at the time. Who knows may modernize and go thermostat control on the basking area ?
You know Piggley and me , we are a perfect match in our quirky ways , and are happy together !

Re: Bored, stressed, or neither?

PostPosted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 2:50 pm
by Kingbird44
Well, it's still been pretty hard to get Sedge to bask, but I've been trying to dry dock him a bit every day.

But, guess what- I just switched out is 50 watt basking bulb for a 75 watt. I did it like an hour ago he spent the last 45 minutes basking voluntarily.

He LIKES it to be 105 right under the light. Whatever the internet says be damned! O_o

Re: Bored, stressed, or neither?

PostPosted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 6:03 pm
by steve
Does he have room to move around? I notice they usually like to stick their butts into hottest area of the basking platform :)

Re: Bored, stressed, or neither?

PostPosted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 9:25 pm
by Kingbird44
Yeah he's got plenty of room. He usually sits a few inches away from the light, on his old floating foam dock, or right under the light.

Re: Bored, stressed, or neither?

PostPosted: Mon Jan 22, 2018 1:28 am
by steve
Are you going to experiment with it, like slowly ease it further away?

Re: Bored, stressed, or neither?

PostPosted: Mon Jan 22, 2018 3:53 pm
by Kingbird44
Oh, I could. But what I'm saying is that he seems to just like it to be hot. If he likes it I guess it's fine, right? If he's basking I don't want to change it...