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RE: painted turtle found in pond

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Posted by: Linda G at Wed Nov 9 11:21:19 2005  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Linda G ]  
   

If you set him free in a large body of water he will hibernate

at the temperatures cool down.



I do not recommend trying to hibernate turtles if you are

new to them. The ponds must have certain criteria in order

to successfully allow them to hibernate. ie: depth or water,

etc.



If you plan on keeping this guy and your pond is smaller

I would keep him in the house in the winter and outside

during the summer unless you have done alot of research and

your pond meets the criteria.



Hope this helps

Linda

   

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