Visual: Mr.T's New Pad!
Tuesday, September 13, 2005SO I decided that Mr.T didn't seem very happy in his tiny old referenda bin thing. He didn't eat much and rarely swam around, so I got him some new digs.
If you don't remember the old bin, click here.
I went all out and got him a nice big fatty 20 gallon Turtle Tank, with a cork log for him to crawl on, a power filter, a heater, gravel on the bottom, a basking light and also a full spectrum light.
Here's the new set-up:
Much more room eh?
Holding true to his namesake, Mr.T likes checkin himself out in the glass:
He's super happy now and spends the whole day (Well what I see of him) swimming around the tank and pushing pebbles around:
At night when it gets chillier, he likes to get all snuggly with the tank heater:
He likes to Bask a lot too, but only when there is no one around, I'll usually get home and see him on the Cork Log basking. The second he sees or hears me though he jumps back in the water and swims like mad. I think I might have to set up a "TurtleCam" once we get the net running at Slacker HQ. He's eating a lot more too, so I'm glad he loving the new digs!
posted by Chief Slacker @ 12:39 PM,
4 Comments:
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At 1:45 PM,
Marie said...
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That's so cute!! I love his new digs as I'm sure he does as well. That's funny how he won't bask on the log when someone is around. He sounds like a closer slacker turtle. :)
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At 9:35 AM,
Leesa said...
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Turtle Cam...how cool! I wanna see!
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At 3:11 PM,
k o w said...
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Nice setup for the turtle.
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At 8:46 PM,
darleneie said...
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I'm loving it! I have 4 turtles and slowly pimpin out there tank. My turtles be sitting on the rock in the sun, but right when I make any noise they all jump into the water and start crazy swimming into the tank. I like the gravel in your tank. =)