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Originally Posted by KoRuPtAzN1
aquarium silicone adhesive is probably the only kind of glue i'd be comfortable with if it was me.
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+1 on that. Honestly, if you were going to look into some kind of floating habitat, first look at what they have at the pet stores. I know they're kinda expensive, but at least you know they're safe. I had a fancy floating fake log thing, but my first turtle ended up prefering this floating lilypad thing, which he was too big for.
When I lived back at my parents house, we had this playskool pool in the backyard that I grew out of years ago. Naturally, the turtle (named George) has since claimed it as his own and spends everyday outside in the pool. In the pool, there's bricks and some floating huge leaves. He also has taken a liking to eating the bugs in the pool. We never made the water deeper than the bricks, or past the top of my hand if I put it in the water. Unfortunately, he started out the size of my hand and now has grown to a size in which I can barely fit my fingers around him. He since has moved into a 25 gal tank, so be careful about that.
I've got another one right now (named Homer), and it's about the size of my fist. (My parents wouldn't let me move George into my apt, so I got my own) The thing I noticed the most about these two turtles is that they'll eat anything. I try to vary their diet between pellets and other dry food (I stay away from brine shrimp, they stink up the tank too fast) and people food, like apples, lettuce, asparagus, and beans. The turtles both also are fans of beef jerky, which I found out by accident thanks to a couple of my dumb friends. I feed him once a day, mostly because of my weird work schedule. Before I leave for work, I'll throw a couple of ice cubes in his tank and it keeps him amused for a bit. He'll kick it around, try to hide under it, or climb on top of it. I've got about 2-3 inches of water in there with him, but he's only in a 10 gal tank and I want to try to keep it that way for awhile. I have a small night-light perched in the corner for his sunning spot which I turn on when I'm about to feed him, and he's definitely learned that the light = food.
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