First outdoor pic of the year, you can see 5 turts basking, and if you look closely there's another one in the water on the far left, but there's one more in there somewhere!

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2.4.0 Southern Painted Turtles
0.1.0 Florida Red Belly
0.0.1 Common Musk
0.0.1 Cornsnake
0.0.2 GALS + babies
0.1.0 Tibetan Spaniel
1.2.0 Brahma Chickens

Is this the super chelonian garden you made? its great!

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They seem to like it well enough!

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2.4.0 Southern Painted Turtles
0.1.0 Florida Red Belly
0.0.1 Common Musk
0.0.1 Cornsnake
0.0.2 GALS + babies
0.1.0 Tibetan Spaniel
1.2.0 Brahma Chickens

looks nice,i can remember when you done the tub basking island it also doubles as a a pump housing as well doesnt it.

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I abandoned the tub filter idea as it didn't work too well, the pump packed in and was too inaccessible, there's a normal pond filter for the moment but I'm planning a large reedbed filter alongside the pond, it worked really well in my fish pond last summer.

Here's a couple more pics from today, firstly all seven of them basking...



And Temple my Red Belly wearing the latest fashion, apparently this season's colour is green...

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2.4.0 Southern Painted Turtles
0.1.0 Florida Red Belly
0.0.1 Common Musk
0.0.1 Cornsnake
0.0.2 GALS + babies
0.1.0 Tibetan Spaniel
1.2.0 Brahma Chickens

do they live in the pond al year round ??

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http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/lifecynical

that looks so cool i would love to have that in my back garden

Unfortunately no, these are species from too far south to hibernate through a British winter, they stay out until around the end of September, maybe a bit later if it's still warm, then they come indoors.

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2.4.0 Southern Painted Turtles
0.1.0 Florida Red Belly
0.0.1 Common Musk
0.0.1 Cornsnake
0.0.2 GALS + babies
0.1.0 Tibetan Spaniel
1.2.0 Brahma Chickens

I'm looking very hard but i cannot see the one on the "far left"

Marina

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