So I was preparing to build a pond for my one female adult red ear slider turtle for her to live in all year round. My mom and me decided to delay it till next year so we can get the right information on how deep it should be, were we wanted to locate it, how to build it, and so on. Well for about a month or 2 the turtle has been outside in a tank to get use to the drop of the water and air temp for when she was going to go into the pond. Well I decided to take her out of the tank today since it was really nice for her to walk around the yard. She walked around for awhile and then we lost her.
I ended up finding her hiding herself under a bush. So that was ok and we let her be again. After some more time we went back to check and couldn't find her again. After a LONG search we discovered she burried herself under the leaves and dirt.
My question is, is this a sign that she knows to hibernate? If so is this a sign that she'll hiberante out of the water?
If so then that means were jsut going get the 125g preformed pond for her since she'll hibernate on the land.
I ended up finding her hiding herself under a bush. So that was ok and we let her be again. After some more time we went back to check and couldn't find her again. After a LONG search we discovered she burried herself under the leaves and dirt.
My question is, is this a sign that she knows to hibernate? If so is this a sign that she'll hiberante out of the water?
If so then that means were jsut going get the 125g preformed pond for her since she'll hibernate on the land.
