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04-Oct-07, 02:45 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-07 Location: DANCING ON THE STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN Gender:  | | |
we have put together an outside enclosure for the turtles (and we clicked after it was done for the lizards and snakes) but anyways.. They have a big tub of water to swm in and plenty of room for a wak around and a bask.. They will be out during the day for a good portion of the day while i am home from work (some days i dont start till 3:30 pm and the other days i get at home lunch time), they also get shade so they're not cooking in the sun.
So my question is if they are out side that often do they still need the uv light when they are in the tank or are they getting enough from the sun
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Last edited by firedragon; 21-Feb-08 at 03:54 PM.
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04-Oct-07, 02:51 PM
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I don't think they will need the UV no. But i would think they would need a much much largertub to swim in and no where near as much land if they are going to be spending a significant ammount of time outdoors. But good work for doing it, sunlight is heaps better than artificial UV imo.
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04-Oct-07, 03:09 PM
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looks nice though. See how they go in it. Good luck
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04-Oct-07, 03:17 PM
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nice enclosure firedragon  |
04-Oct-07, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by bitey  nice enclosure firedragon |  yes thanks to your hard work..
thanks. Where they are now is only temporary, when we find a perminint spot in the yard to dig a hole they'll have a bigger pond to swim in
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04-Oct-07, 05:16 PM
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Great idea but i'd up the size of their swimming space quite a bit. I've been doing lots of research as i'm getting some turtles on friday and they spend most of their time in the water as compared to land.
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04-Oct-07, 05:45 PM
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Is there anything to stop them digging out?
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04-Oct-07, 05:48 PM
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the ground around it is pretty hard, how easy will they dig out ? the timber of frame is 70mm thick so it will need to be a long tunnel
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04-Oct-07, 05:55 PM
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To be honest im not sure how easy it would be, I wouldnt be taking the risk though.
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04-Oct-07, 05:58 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: nowra/nsw Age/Gender: 26 | | | |
Think you may need a bigger space for them to swim.
As they spend 90% of the time swimming and only 10% out basking.
Except in winter they like to hibernate on land,hope it is only temp.
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04-Oct-07, 06:00 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: near brisbane Gender: | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by cris To be honest im not sure how easy it would be, I wouldnt be taking the risk though. | any ideas on how i can stop them as i dont realy want to mesh where they walk  |
10-Oct-07, 11:16 AM
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is the cage 4 ft? if so, i would buy some pond liner, dig it into the ground and make 3 ft of water and 1 ft of land, and than just put the cage over the top.....
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10-Oct-07, 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by crush the turtle is the cage 4 ft? if so, i would buy some pond liner, dig it into the ground and make 3 ft of water and 1 ft of land, and than just put the cage over the top..... | lol hey crush, this is what i wanted to do , but my missus (firedragon) said no holes as we rent but im sure it could be easily hidden during inspections as the snakes are !, instead i am building an above ground deck / pool for them this weekend
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10-Oct-07, 11:51 AM
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lol ok,
u could always get a pile of soil, or sand, and dig the pond in thier, so that thiers no hole on the ground, ,,
and if u reptiles 10 min of sunn aday , thats the same as a 12 hours of uv from a light tube ..
Last edited by crush the turtle; 10-Oct-07 at 11:53 AM.
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