Winter Housing

[Utah Lynn]

It looks like it's time to bring the Water Turtles in for the Winter.

 

[Yvonne G]

Does it get that cold there that you can't allow them to hibernate outside?

 

[austinl01]

How does one go about hibernating painted turtles outside? I have a pond with a rubber liner that's 6 feet deep. In the winter, we just get a thin layer of ice but for not too long. Sorry to high jack the thread, but it may help both of us.

 

[Utah Lynn]

It gets very cold here Yvonne. I don't dare try hibernating.
It's ok Austin. No, I have just a very small pond for them to hang in good weather. I'm afraid it would freeze solid in the winter here.

 

[Turtle Guru]

I dont blame you water turtles don't need hibernate in my opinion