CB ’00 Carolinas won’t bask

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  • bassethound@earthlink.net
    January 31, 2001 at 12:37 am #14190

    I received 2 Carolinas last week. They are eating just fine. However, they won’t go up on the basking area. Water temp is 80-82. Basking area is heated by Zoomed 75w heating bulb. The area is pretty quiet. Is this just shyness? Is my water too warm?

    terrapin@ihello.com
    January 31, 2001 at 1:05 am #14191

    — In diamondbackterrapins@y…, bassethound@e… wrote: It’s likely that this is just shyness. Could the basking area also be inaccessible for them? This can be the case a lot of times for larger turtles – hatchlings can get on top of almost anything. -Chun

    Julio Thompson
    January 31, 2001 at 6:38 pm #14194

    The basking area is indeed accessible to the hatchlings. It is a gently sloping plexiglass shelf that is partially submerged in the water. All the hatchlings have to do is walk up.

    modelgrafx@aol.com
    February 1, 2001 at 4:06 am #14195

    Could the plexiglass ramp be too slippery? Vickie

    bassethound@earthlink.net
    February 1, 2001 at 10:23 pm #14196

    Don’t think so; have used it for years without fail. The angle of slant is very slight. Also, the hatchlings don’t even seem to be trying to go up to the basking area.

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