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RE: Hardier to cold- red ear or red belly?

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Posted by: colorfulcritters at Wed Jan 2 02:59:17 2008  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by colorfulcritters ]  
   

I know I've seen red ears in Illinois and Wisconsin, USA, which both have cold temps. As for yb's, I'm sure they could make it too. Yet maybe buy a couple of res's and adopt a yb. Maybe this way it won't hurt.

In general though, res's should do just fine. Some res's have even been found even colonizing rivers as far north as Canada. They exist in Korea as ferral pets, and the winters there are quite gruesome. I know they exist in the mid-Western US, and are expanding out west.

Basically, res's can handle quite cold weather. About yb's however, I don't know. You will have to make sure though, of compatibility. Res's are very aggressive. And watch out for diseases. Introducing wild into tame turtle populations, or tame into wild, can cause widespread disease, destroy an entire colony.


   

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