I have a nine year old female Yellow Bellied Slider that lives in a 75 gallon aquarium. She has all of the necessities - custom basking platform, good filter, good heater, good light, good diet, outside-the-tank roaming time, etc - but I've been having a hard time figuring out any extras for her and I'm afraid that she's becoming bored.
I've done pebbles when she was younger (ate them), sand (ate it), big rocks (slammed them around to the point I was worried she'd break the glass of the tank). I gave her a rubber duck but she ignored it and basically anything she can fit in her mouth she eats. My mother made her a toy that involved rubber bands which ended in a very expensive vet visit to get them pulled out of her stomach. Lately, she's taken to attacking her screen lid to the point that she began ripping pieces off and eating them.
All this to say, I feel like she's probably bored but I'm having a hard time finding anything safe for a 9 inch adult turtle. She also used to have a little cave to hide in but outgrew it and now I can't find anything she'd fit in. I'd love any suggestions for added features I could provide to make her life a little less dull, as well as a good place to hide if she wants to be left alone!
I've done pebbles when she was younger (ate them), sand (ate it), big rocks (slammed them around to the point I was worried she'd break the glass of the tank). I gave her a rubber duck but she ignored it and basically anything she can fit in her mouth she eats. My mother made her a toy that involved rubber bands which ended in a very expensive vet visit to get them pulled out of her stomach. Lately, she's taken to attacking her screen lid to the point that she began ripping pieces off and eating them.
All this to say, I feel like she's probably bored but I'm having a hard time finding anything safe for a 9 inch adult turtle. She also used to have a little cave to hide in but outgrew it and now I can't find anything she'd fit in. I'd love any suggestions for added features I could provide to make her life a little less dull, as well as a good place to hide if she wants to be left alone!