water turtle and the coming winter

[John]

Currently have a 500 gallon pond it has a max depth of 36 inches.So the fish
will be fine over the winter.I'm wondering what do i do with the turtle??
I'm assuming i have to bring it in the fall.I'm located in usa northeast.We
do see some very cold winters around here.

[kathy]

Fish and turtles need the same care during
the winter. They need a hole open in the ice
so gasses can dissipate from mulm that
gathers in the pond.
Garden ponds are just too overstocked compared
to Mother Nature so we compensate by keeping
a hole open in the ice.
Turtles hibernate under the ice in the winter,
they can 'breathe' oxygen thru a gland at
the base of their tail. They are temperature
driven, so when it gets cold they sloooooow
down.

kathy :-)www.blogfromthebog.com
this week ~ the damselfly

Pond 101 page for new pond keepers ~
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[John]

Thanks
"kathy" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> Fish and turtles need the same care during
> the winter. They need a hole open in the ice
> so gasses can dissipate from mulm that
> gathers in the pond.
> Garden ponds are just too overstocked compared
> to Mother Nature so we compensate by keeping
> a hole open in the ice.
> Turtles hibernate under the ice in the winter,
> they can 'breathe' oxygen thru a gland at
> the base of their tail. They are temperature
> driven, so when it gets cold they sloooooow
> down.
>
> kathy :-)www.blogfromthebog.com
> this week ~ the damselfly
>
> Pond 101 page for new pond keepers ~
> http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html
>

[Reel Mckoi]

"John" > wrote in message
...
> Currently have a 500 gallon pond it has a max depth of 36 inches.So the
fish
> will be fine over the winter.I'm wondering what do i do with the turtle??
> I'm assuming i have to bring it in the fall.I'm located in usa
northeast.We
> do see some very cold winters around here.
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A baby red-eared southern slider showed up in my smaller pond a few weeks
ago. I plan to leave him/her to do as nature dictates they do (whatever
that is).

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McKoi.... the frugal ponder...
EVERYONE: "Please check people's headers for forgeries
before flushing." NAMES ARE BEING FORGED.
Do not feed the trolls.
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