Turtle Platform Craft
We’ve had our turtle over 10 years now and we’ve never found a ramp/basking area that we really liked or felt worked as well as it should. So it was about time we built one! We bought Mitch in 2012, as we rented an apartment and were only allowed a fish tank, but we wanted an animal together. We researched the smallest species of turtle that you could keep as a pet and we decided on a Common musk turtle. Sadly we didn't look into rescuing turtles, plus I wouldn't have known where to look. We would have loved to have rescued and would do in the future if we were to consider another one. Mitch was the size of a 20 pence piece when we took her home, we didn't know her gender as it is quite difficult to tell when they are so small. We got the tank ready, with filter and heater, making sure she had space to climb out of the water and bask when she wanted. When she was this small most ornaments or rocks are a suitable size as a basking spot! As she grew we looked into larger p