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Posted by: honuman at Wed Oct 15 18:00:05 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by honuman ] If your water is heated in the mid 70's at night they will be just fine. Sliders can hibernate and survive long cold winters. They normally sleep in the water anyway so at night they will stay in the warm water. My sliders are out in my pond and will spend the whole Winter there (and my EPT's as well which are native to our area) (Long Island). Unless your water was at a constant cold temperature I am really perplexed as to why a cold hardy specie like a painted turtle would get a respiratory infection. (I am not doubting that he did I am just wondering all the factors involved for him to keep getting them). If your water never warmed up out of the sixties and he did not have a warm basking spot it is quite possible (that would lower his resistance). [ Hide Replies ]
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