Turtle Yoga

Usually the turtles will slide off their basking spot if they see you coming.  That’s how they got their name… sliders.  Frick! is a Yellow Belly Slider and Radar is a Red Ear Slider.  They bask in the sun (or under a heat lamp in this case) and if they see anyone coming they just slide off into the water.

Last night though, Frick! let me get close enough to take a photo of him doing his turtle yoga under the light. 

 He obviously was keeping a very close eye on me, to make sure I wasn’t up to no good, but it definately shows that he is getting more used to having me around.

The other night I noticed Radar trying to bite him. That worried me quite a lot as I know RES turtles can get sort of aggressive at times. I’ve posted on a few different turtle forums asking advice. Some have suggested that we seperate them, which isn’t really an option as we don’t have another tank.

If it continues we are going to have no choice but to take Radar back where we got him and keep Frick! alone. Which isn’t a problem for Frick!, as it turns out turtles are more solitary than social. It would be a problem for me though, I really like Radar too, although I do like him slightly less whenever I see him picking on Frick!.

Time will tell!