Does your entire yard flood?? Perhaps there is a higher area, or you can make a higher area (bringing in a lot of soil), in which to build a large outdoor pen. I have two adult female boxies in NJ, which have spent two hibernation periods/winter outside. I loosen the soil in fall, and add a bunch of extra oak leaves on top of the soil over winter. Others here may better say how to hibernate them indoors, if that is your preference. If your lawnmower turtle has not completely healed, it may be better to keep him active and warm this year. However, consider ultimately building a large outdoor pen for them.

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• Box Turtle Hibernation in NJ - lilypad42, Fri Sep 1 19:11:34 2006
• RE: Box Turtle Hibernation in NJ - Woodnative, Fri Sep 1 19:27:30 2006
• RE: Box Turtle Hibernation in NJ - lilypad42, Fri Sep 1 20:05:59 2006
• RE: Box Turtle Hibernation in NJ - phil nj, Fri Sep 1 20:21:20 2006
• RE: Box Turtle Hibernation in NJ - lilypad42, Fri Sep 1 20:40:33 2006
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• RE: Box Turtle Hibernation in NJ - Woodnative, Sat Sep 2 08:46:39 2006
• RE: Box Turtle Hibernation in NJ - lilypad42, Sun Sep 3 10:34:26 2006