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Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2015 4:06 pm **Painted turtle Always basking?**

Okay so I decided to call it Sunny, because it's always basically chasing the sun... Which is weird because I feel if it was older, it would probably fight just to bask in its favorite spot.... I have this turtle figurine as its basking platform in it's temporairly cage...btw, the turtle topper was actually meant for it because I'd figure I'd put it in a 29g with the musk turtles... It doesn't do much other than bask. He/she does eat but doesn't go crazy over it.

Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2015 2:17 pm **Re: Painted turtle Always basking?**

What are your water and basking temperatures? Painteds bask a lot as a general rule. They're often nicknamed "Sun Turtles".

Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2015 4:57 pm **Re: Painted turtle Always basking?**

Jeremiah wrote:What are your water and basking temperatures? Painteds bask a lot as a general rule. They're often nicknamed "Sun Turtles".

74 and 78

Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2015 5:28 pm **Re: Painted turtle Always basking?**

Well, that would explain it. Your basking area is about 10 degrees too cold.

Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2015 6:57 pm **Re: Painted turtle Always basking?**

Jeremiah wrote:Well, that would explain it. Your basking area is about 10 degrees too cold.

Oh crud, lemme fix that. Thanks for the tip.

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