>>Yellow Mud turtles are really cool, they are nothing like normal muds. I currently keep a 1.1.1 and they spend more time in the dirt than they do the water. They would survive if they were kept with box turtles. I wouldnt house them together but they would definatly survive.

I haven't been around normal muds lol. How are they different?
Those people I know who took in the yellow mud do keep him in a yard with box turtles but they did build him that shallow pond & from what I hear their turtles are all doing great. They do have a huge backyard though. It's big enough for each species to have it's own territory so the yellow mud seems to be happy.
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