Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2020 10:43 pm Res won’t bask
I have two Res turtles. Both are female and about 5 years old. One of my turtles is not basking. The other is basking regularly. The one not basking has just finished antibiotic injections every 3 days after not eating. She is now eating again, but will not bask regularly. I’ve seen her go up twice in the past week, once tonight after feeding but immediately jumped back in the water when I went to close the lid on basking area. The vet had my dry dock her with water to her waist but not covering her shell for a couple of hours a day while getting antibiotic. Now that she is done with injections the vet wants me to let her go for a couple of days and see if she would start to bask. The couple days passed and still nothing. So I dry docked her again a night ago. I’m thinking to myself she is stressed (as am I) from me taking her in and out of the tank for dry docking and vet appointments. I don’t know how long turtles can go without basking before it’s an issue to their health. I don’t want to keep pulling her out for dry docking because my belief is she is just stressed and will eventually bask normally again, but I don’t want to let her go for too long without it. How long is too long without basking? Please help, thank you! Water temps 84 basking 90. Both are In 120 gallon tank, with water changes every 14 day’s and filter changes once a month. Also I have tried turning water temp down a little to hopefully entice her to bask? Again, HELP!