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I have 3 large female sliders that I keep outdoors in an above ground cattle trough. I live in southcentral PA, so I feel that I should bring them inside and drain the trough less I risk the "pond" freezing over. I don't have a real cool place to store them, so the best I can do is room temp with no external heat.

Sorry, accidentally posted before I was done.

The question is, should I store the RES in water or cover them in some sort of bedding? I am only looking to keep them inside until March...

Thanks,

Zach

I keep my Caramel albino's in a dark corner in my basement. I keep the window open so it gets cold but not freezing. I have been cooling them since October. First I stopped feeding them and reduced the light to only 5 hours a day. In November I moved them into the dark corner with only ambient lighting from outside but thats VERY little if any. I took the temp. with a temp gun and it was 51 degrees today with it being about 20 outside.

Stunning turtle not inexpensive at all.

Today my female Caramel Albino laid 8 eggs. I hope they are all good!!!!!!

Oh yes bring them in . They will freeze solid in PA outside surprised you were able to keep them out so long in the year.

A home depot plastic bin makes a great brumation container or if you want add a pier/haul out area with a spot light and you can keep them up all winter/even kiddie pools work great.

I keep mine outside all yr long (Miami) in pond but with recent night cold spells of 40s I bought them in till night temps average 60s again and day temps high 70s min.

I use kiddie pool inside .