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hey fellow herpers!

im new on the messege boards. i am a real serious collector of herps and wildlife needing to be rehabilatated. at my job in new york there is a big pond. recently some baby snapping turtles hatched and many of them found thier way to the pond safely. however my job is next to a zoo and in a rural area, so lots of invasive animals have moved into the pond and started to eat off more of the babies than usual. so i grabbed a couple (8) to be exact, and i wanna raise them till they are big enough to fend for them selves. my question is how should i prepare them to hibenate and how should i set up thier enclousure?
please send me any advice on this problem. it would be very appreciated,. Thank you

really no need to put then thru burmation they can just have that next year when you release them, keep then indoors in seperate tubs with a few rocks and plants for hiding and provide them with minnows, red rosies, and possubly food that you cought out of that pond. what is eatting them?
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1.3.0 Leopard Geckos
2 Blizzard females, pair of albino trempors male is tangerine
Turtles
1.0.0 Common snapping turtle
0.1.0 Belize slider
0.1.0 Egyptian tortoise
0.0.1 blackknobbed sawback
0.0.1 stripeneck musk
0.0.1 nothern DBT

don't hibernate them the first year; you will likley lose as many as you save.