This species is very active and likes to climb a lot. On 2 occasions I've found one of these on there backs in the water dish due to climbing nearby obstacles. I've since moved the water dish away from any dangers. on any normal occasion if they flip from climbing they just use 2 legs and the head to self right themselves.
From what I have researched these guys love it wet which makes sense living in the African rain forest, I read that during floods they tend to gather on small islands that are higher than the water levels(also the time for humans to collect easily), apparently these have been seen diving down for fish, if that is true i'm guessing they scavenge for dead fish rather than live fish.
So back to the water dish, They can't self right because of lack of grip in the dish. (terracotta or plastic). Obviously my dish is not deep enough so they can drown, BUT is this right, if they had a dish deep enough that if they fell into the water they could self right themselves and climb out via a ramp.
A couple of videos below of one swimming, my next step is to put an island in the water and see what one does.
Thoughts please.
From what I have researched these guys love it wet which makes sense living in the African rain forest, I read that during floods they tend to gather on small islands that are higher than the water levels(also the time for humans to collect easily), apparently these have been seen diving down for fish, if that is true i'm guessing they scavenge for dead fish rather than live fish.
So back to the water dish, They can't self right because of lack of grip in the dish. (terracotta or plastic). Obviously my dish is not deep enough so they can drown, BUT is this right, if they had a dish deep enough that if they fell into the water they could self right themselves and climb out via a ramp.
A couple of videos below of one swimming, my next step is to put an island in the water and see what one does.
Thoughts please.