Ribbon snake rescues

[Aundrea]

Im sooo glad that they are doing good and that they are eating!!!! I bet they are just soooo happy to be outta that bad tank they were in. Poor guys How are the turtles that you rescued a few weeks ago doing?

[crzy_kevo]

thats great news lori

[drache]

great news that they're eating

[Lori P]

Aundrea, the turtles are also thriving!!! They are eating great and they loooooove their new tank and new "swimming pool". :-) The one that had the prolapse surgery is healing very well, and they are all active. I feed them a salad every day with assorted veggies and fruits, and night crawlers twice a week. They seem to be pretty content. :-)

[GartersRock]

What kind of turtles Lori?

[Aundrea]

awwww Lori that is GREAT!!!! Im so happy they are doing great and love their new home You will have to post some pics of them soon

[Zephyr]

Hey Lori; Throw some mealies or lobster roaches in there. Our box turtle loves eating hissers.

[Lori P]

They are box turtles, and our own Aundrea informed me I have one eastern box and two three toed boxes. :-)

Kyle, I tried the roaches and no go on the live ones, but they did eat the f/t ones!!! I forgot to mention that.

Will post pics later as long as the powers that be don't zap me for posting non-garter pics. LOL

[Aundrea]

If they zap ya then you can email them to me

Roaches? eeek im scared to death of them LOL Im a wimp I know LOL

Yeah she has some great looking turtles. I used to have a 3-toed but she passed away

[Loren]

Lori, sounds like a good sign that they ate. As for heating small tanks, I do sometimes use heat lamps on 10 g tanks, but a trick I found for 5 gallon tanks could be something to consider too, if you want the other end a bit cooler yet. I put a heat lamp pointing at the lower far end of the tank, on the outside, and actually heat one end through the glass. Be careful not to melt the trim or the shelf its on.
I use this for a couple small desert snakes, and get a heat gradient of room temp all the way to 105+ deg. f. all in a 5 gallon tank.
Sounds like what you have should work, I just thought I'd share that idea.
Also, giving elevated basking areas(closer to the bulb) gives them hotter spots, but sounds like the one wont be able to climb too well.