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nice is it yours. if so great enclosure.

yeah theres a couple of camera shy yellow bellies in there as well.they live out all year round.as i put mud/leaves in the bottom for them to bury down and hibernate in.

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All year round, really? I'm not a turtle man myself... dont know much about them, but I assume they are tropical, yes? They survive OK, though, do they?

Either way, nice enclosure and nice turtle.

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hi,ash they are from usa if i remember rightly florida/louisiana in the bayoua/swamps so slightly warmer,but they thrive in british waterways dumped there when people realised how big/smelly they get.they just dont breed as its not warm enough for the eggs to incubate. thats why i put a lot of weed in there to simulate its native habitat.and they are thriving in there.

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Ah ok, very interesting. I was going to say should you not be more careful about escapee's, but as you say the eggs dont incubate there is no risk there! Cool.

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thats a nice picture thanks for letting me know im glad she looks happyer now

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RES and YBS are temperate species and range as far north as southern Virginia, and they hibernate naturally at that latitude.

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that is great i am going to be building an out door enclosure with a pond for my read eared slider.

The pond should be around a metre deep so that it maintains a minimum 4°C at the bottom during the winter, and you'll have to turn the pump off to stop cold water from the top being drawn down.

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2.4.0 Southern Painted Turtles
0.1.0 Florida Red Belly
1.0.1 Common Musks
1.0.0 Classic Cornsnake
1.0.0 Pewter Cornsnake
0.0.2 GALS + infinite babies
0.1.0 Tibetan Spaniel
1.2.0 Brahma Chickens