TerryTerrapin
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My Map turtle doesn't bask much, and when he does it's never for long enough to dry off.
The first pic is of his tank, note the built in turtle dock. There are a couple of problems with this - I don't think he likes the texture of the fake grass so he goes nowhere NEAR it and if I place him there he jumps off straight away. And if any of the fake grass falls off, he tries to eat it. This has resulted in me having to take all the green stuff away completely.
(Second picture) To combat this problem I got him a rock which is tall enough to come up over the water and he does use that. Excuse the poor photo quality, but you get the idea
(Third picture) Now I have seen him crawl up on to the rock, bask, but it's like he just goes from one side of the rock to the other and then decides to bail and jump back in.
Is this a temperature thing? Or a shyness thing? Maps are known to be shy baskers right?
Currently when he does bask it's under a Repti Glo 13W 2.0 UVB full spectrum terrarium lamp with no heat. I also have a ZooMed 50W heat bulb but I'm not sure if this has any UVB at all? I got it from a friend who didn't have the box with it's information... So one bulb is UVB and the other is heat but I only have one lamp?!
The light isn't being shone through glass so even if he's underwater under the lamp he's getting the good effects of it. I know he needs to dry off too, so I take him out for a quick walk around the room whenever I can to make sure he dries off completely. His shell is in good shape, I'm not worried about any deterioration at the moment.
The first pic is of his tank, note the built in turtle dock. There are a couple of problems with this - I don't think he likes the texture of the fake grass so he goes nowhere NEAR it and if I place him there he jumps off straight away. And if any of the fake grass falls off, he tries to eat it. This has resulted in me having to take all the green stuff away completely.
(Second picture) To combat this problem I got him a rock which is tall enough to come up over the water and he does use that. Excuse the poor photo quality, but you get the idea
(Third picture) Now I have seen him crawl up on to the rock, bask, but it's like he just goes from one side of the rock to the other and then decides to bail and jump back in.
Is this a temperature thing? Or a shyness thing? Maps are known to be shy baskers right?
Currently when he does bask it's under a Repti Glo 13W 2.0 UVB full spectrum terrarium lamp with no heat. I also have a ZooMed 50W heat bulb but I'm not sure if this has any UVB at all? I got it from a friend who didn't have the box with it's information... So one bulb is UVB and the other is heat but I only have one lamp?!
The light isn't being shone through glass so even if he's underwater under the lamp he's getting the good effects of it. I know he needs to dry off too, so I take him out for a quick walk around the room whenever I can to make sure he dries off completely. His shell is in good shape, I'm not worried about any deterioration at the moment.