How to make a turtle bask?
Your turtle should be living outside, and if he is, he’ll bask when he feels like it. You just need to provide him with a flat rock in a sunny area in his enclosure. If he’s inside being kept temporarily in a terrarium, make sure he has a basking area. You should use a heat-lamp that you clip onto the side of your terrarium to focus heat down into one corner of your terrarium. Place a tile or small, flat rock there to soak up the heat. Never use those electric heat-rocks; they can burn turtles. If you provide an appealing area for basking, your turtle will go there to bask when he feels like it.
