Hello all.
Fairly new to this forum. Posted this past early spring about my small backyard pond in Northern Virginia and my three water turtles not living thru last winter. Have since gotten a new baby painted turtle, Squirt, and he has tripled in size and is very happy all summer. Hopefully he...
So sorry for the loss of your wife. I hope you and your tort Sandy have many wonderful years together! It looks like you have really done your due diligence on Sandy’s new home. I can’t think to add anything except nothing can replace real sunshine. I would try to figure out a way for Sandy...
The climbing thing makes some sense, may explain why they were upside down sometimes. But I remember seeing my painted turtle on her log basking around Xmas. We’ve also had pretty mild winters in previous years w no issues. But if I get more turtles I will try to think of a way to let them climb...
I got my water tested yesterday and all the levels were fine. 🤷♀️ the pet store girl thought maybe a parasite? She said to wait a month before introducing any new turtles into the pond. I also treated it yesterday w beneficial bacteria. My water hyacinths should also be here tomorrow. My new...
Here is a pic I just took this morning. It’s a bit green right now. Those lily pads r fake until I can get my water hyacinths going. And I have a new visitor, a pretty good size frog.
When I had my smaller pond I never did a complete water change and my 5 year old painted turtle was fine. Last summer tho when I enlarged it, it was all new water. I have water iris plants and cat tails. I had water hyacinths last summer, but they all died w winter. The only filter I have is...
Hi.
I had a 300 gallon small pond w a painted turtle in it for 5 years. The spring before last, I found two baby red eared sliders and put them in my pond. I really did not expect the red eared sliders to live thru that first winter but they did. Yay! Last spring I enlarged my pond. I made...