The last couple of days she's been taking a lot more naps during the day time than usual. Is this OK? Also, every time I'm near her tank or in the same room she "follows" me and stares at me.
I've looked at the environment as a possibility but I think it's fine. She gets 13 hours of UVB and UVA lighting, always has a basking spot at 90*, always has water at 75* except at night when it's 70*, she has a large enough basking area and swimming area, she has rocks and Anacharis in her tank and she has feeder fish (rosey reds and platys) along with 2 snails that she attacks (she 1/2 way ate one and it grew back), and every other day I give her a cricket or a meal worm, and everyday there's either some baby shrimp or krill in the tank too (the fish eat the shrimp and krill more than their fish food) which she snacks on too. So, what could be causing this abnormal behavior? I've had her since she was 1" (now 4.5") and she's never done this before.
2007-04-16 11:40:47 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Reptiles
I do feed her T.Rex food every day. There's not many fish, only about 6. I have water treatment to control the ammonia. She eats all of her pelets and the fish and the shrimp and the krill. She's a pig! She eats a lot, everyday. And she does have a friend, her brother!
2007-04-16 12:13:57 · update #1
AND, she is shedding regularlly. And growing.
2007-04-16 12:15:20 · update #2
My RES is a little larger than her, and he naps a lot. Either on the bottom or on the basking area. The older they get, the more they sleep. Its like a cat. Kittens play forever and it seems they're never asleep. Adult cats are constantly found napping in sunny windows. The same for turtles.
If she is eating and acting normal besides the sleepyness, dont worry. She'll be perfectly fine! If she starts acting completely different and stops eating then there is cause for concern.
Good luck with her, and cheers to your great care! Here's to many more years with your wonderful companion! ^.^
2007-04-17 08:37:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
She needs a regular diet staple such as Reptomin or some floating pellet that you can remove if not eaten within a 5min. period. How is the quality of water? You could have too many fish and waste in there creating allot of ammonia. Are you watching to see that she is eating the fish, krill,worms? Mine follow my movements when they are hungry. Otherwise, your habitat sounds so nice that anyone would love to have one like it! Good luck! P.S. I got mine last Oct. and they were 1-2inch long in shell, now they are 4x3 and I'm trying to get more Reptomin in them and not so much protein as I just got one over an eye infection, I believe the mature ones do better on more carbohydrates then so much protein.P.S.-Could be lonely! My one turtle is fluttering his front claws at the other ones face and makes little nips at it, I thought it was trying to eat the other one, but the web sites on turtles say that this claw fluttering is male flirtation! So maybe you need to get yours a friend!
2007-04-16 12:09:34 · answer #2 · answered by Faerie loue 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As turtles get older, they slow down more. This sounds a little extreme, however, so I wonder if the habitat is too small. If they are about the sme size, the tank should be running about 90 gallons to give them the space they need.
One possiblity, related to the above, is that the other turtle is bullying it in ways that are not always obvious to us. Bigger tanks help minimize this.
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2007-04-17 10:30:44 · answer #3 · answered by Madkins007 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-04-16 11:52:06 · answer #4 · answered by fre$ita&dark 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋