Built a basking habitat, what can i use for a ramp?

Question

i built a basking habitat for my RES turtle, all i need is the ramp to complete it but i dont know what to use, to make it. anybody got any ideas or pics of how to make one or what to use.

Answer 1

Try heavy hardware cloth. It's easy to make, cheap, and easy for the turtle to climb.

Answer 2

A rock.

Answer 3

well you know that petsmart sells basking docks, right? So yeah, buy one, enstead of making one, and taking up precious space in the tank( that should be at least 50+ gallons).

Answer 4

depends on the tank size..a piece of driftwood might be ok unless your guy is big and heavy.

Then a turtle dock will have to be bought.

**The bigger the environment the bigger the turtle.

Did you know that they need to bask under a reptile light UVA for 8 to 10 hrs a day for the vitamin D that they need to grow. So that means getting a turtle dock also.

Leave the heater on 75 to 78 degrees always.

Their water needs to be clean otherwise they get sick easily from dirty water cause they p**p allot.

You need a good filter system! Gravel larger than they can swallow.

You need to feed them feeder guppies, goldfish or minnows for protein and calcium daily drop 20 or so in the tanks and watch them disappear! This way when they swim for their dinner they get exercise also!

They need leafy greens( Romaine, Butter lettuce. Iceberg and cabbage are bad for them, any leafy greens will do) for vitamin A that they need at least 3 to 4 times a week.

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