summer 2025

[mark1]

summer seems to be here.... we had a really cold wet may, normal average for us in may is 62F, the average this month was 57F, it was in the 30's 4x, it rained 20 out of 31 days.... march was above average which brought out some turtles, and got some of them eating, average was 44F, normal average is 39F...... april was normal average temp is 50F, we averaged 50F......

 

[The_Four_Toed_Edward]

summer seems to be here.... we had a really cold wet may, normal average for us in may is 62F, the average this month was 57F, it was in the 30's 4x, it rained 20 out of 31 days.... march was above average which brought out some turtles, and got some of them eating, average was 44F, normal average is 39F...... april was normal average temp is 50F, we averaged 50F......

Sorry for my ignorance, but what species is the turtle in the second to last picture?

 

[mark1]

it's a N.A. wood turtle, it's actually a wet version of the middle one in the first pic.....

 

[Chubbs the tegu]

So jealous ! Another species i love which i cant keep here along with one of my favs eastern box turtle. Gorgeous bud!

 

[The_Four_Toed_Edward]

it's a N.A. wood turtle, it's actually a wet version of the middle one in the first pic.....

I agree with Chubb's, totally stunning colours. Not much change owning one here in Finland I believe.

 

[mark1]

i live in their climate, makes it easy, well, easier........ the water hibernators require some winter maintenance all winter long..... the ground hibernators are pretty simple, just require paying attention to conditions....

a 5yr old ebt that hatched outdoors and has hibernated outside every year of his life

3yr old ebt that hatched outside and hibernated outdoors every year of her life

a 12yr old blanding's turtle hibernated outdoors all but the first year of his life

10yr old blanding's turtle hibernated outdoors all but the first year of his life

9yr old na wood turtle hibernated outdoors every year of her life....

 

[DoubleD1996!]

Gorgeous. Hopefully I can work with these guys oneday.

Definitely got some odd weather here as well. We got slammed with record rains, and are still expecting more this week. It even threw off the girls egg laying cycle.

 

[mark1]

most of the country had average and above normal temps in may.... as far as temp, we were way below normal in temp and way above normal in rain...... didn't bother these turtles ...........we're full summer right now.....

 

[mark1]

winter is gone........we truly have every climate in the world here, currently it's amazon rainforest, 80F and 80-90% humidity ......

 

[mark1]

from the freezer to the oven, 90-100f for the last 3 days

98F when i took these pics 3:30pm

 

[mark1]

nothing really to pay attention to in summer..... while i was hearing about floods we went almost 3 weeks without rain, temps 90-100........ we been getting a good amount of rain for the last couple weeks, temps staying around 90..... it's 90F right now with 70% humidity, this morning was 80F with 94% humidity...... turtles loved it , me not so much...... everybody was active today

 

[P Birch]

Great looking turtles there!

 

[TammyJ]

I want to pick them up and kiss them all.