Is it okay to use a ceramic heat emitter for my red eared slider hatchlings instead of a normal basking bulb? I am in a college dorm and we are not allowed to use halogen lightbulbs. I do have a UV bulb and a temporary halogen basking bulb. Do you have any suggestions for something other than a halogen bulb?
Don't get it on the tire treads or you will slide out and crash. One way to remove the slipperiness is to ride it on a gravel road. This acts like sandpaper on the tread, unfortunately, you still have to ride it to the gravel road and this could be dangerous.
I would scrub the tires with dish detergent and take it real slow on turns for a while. You may want to go to a parking lot and practice tight figure 8's until the tireshine is gone. One hour of 20 foot figure 8's should do it.
Sea Foam will mostly work most effective to hinder carb gum ups, or to scrub one that's not too unhealthy yet. If it is running uneven, you're going to probably have to take it aside and absolutely clean it.
A ceramic heat emitter may not draw your turtles to the basking area, since they respond more to light than heat. You can use a regular 60 watt household incandescent light bulb (not the curly type) as a basking bulb. It doesn't run as hot as halogen bulbs, which aren't allowed in some college dorms because they can be a fire hazard.
