Turtles

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follen

follen

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Finally set my turtles up a pond not the biggest is about 4 ft long and goes from about 22" to 10" wide. Currently housing my two common musks both about 3" a yellow ear slider and a map both about 6". I have it set up outside at the moment I live in the uk at night the temp drops to about 9 degrees Celsius is this ok for them ??


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Just out of curiosity, what's generally the most common turtle in the uk?
 
Most common would be red ear slider IMO. We do not have any native turtles if that's what you were asking. But I have seen lakes over here that freeze over in the winter and in the summer they are full of red ear sliders.


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Depending on the origin of your S. odoratus (Northern/Southern morph), they could very well overwinter where you live without any issues. And the same goes for your Map (depending on the species that is).
 
follen said:
Is there different characteristics between the two areas.


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Yes. The Northern morph is larger, lighter in color and usually has a more rounded shell while the Southern morph is darker in color, more oval in shape and is slightly smaller. I have one of each.

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