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What kind of basking areas exist for turtles?
I want to build my turtle a basking area.
What areas exist? And what are their advantages and disadvantages?
(I would favor one answer per kind of basking area.)
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Do turtles need direct sunlight?
I'm working on an outside place for my yellow bellied slider and the best location would not get direct sunlight.
It's outdoors, facing south (in Europe), but it's covered by an overhang and has some ...
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Colour for turtle pond
I'm planning an outside enclosure for my yellow bellied slider. The idea would be to build a fiberglass tank with a basking Island and a partly shaded "beach".
My initial idea was to make it a clear ...
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Do aquarium turtles require basking every day?
Sometimes, my turtles are not active at all. They appear to be floating on the surface, completely motionless. I generally change water in that case.
However, I also think that not giving them proper ...
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