strong august sun

[stevej37]

Nothing but sunshine and temps in the 80's here for the last couple months.
Today...a slight wind.

Check out the turtle shadows.

[cabmandone]

I has been pretty nice for the "dog days of summer" hasn't it?

[Baz]

I never get tired of seeing your turtle pics, Steve.

Thanks!

[stevej37]

Yep...prob the best summer weather that I can remember.
Every day...perfect.

[stevej37]

Originally Posted by Baz

I never get tired of seeing your turtle pics, Steve.

Thanks!

Thanks Baz...they are easy to provide for and give a lot of enjoyment.
Truly low maintenance pets.
The pond that I built to house them has been the best project I ever did.

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by stevej37

Yep...prob the best summer weather that I can remember.
Every day...perfect.

Today is da bomb at 80F in North Canton. The turtle pics always chill me out.

[stevej37]

With the cooler nights (low 50's) as soon as the sun breaks into the pond..it's a mad scramble to get the best sunning position.
They won't give it up unless food is offered.

[LEAKYSEALS951]

I need to send you my go pro so you can get some underwater action shots!

[stevej37]

^^^ All they do is cruise around looking for freeze-dried shrimp...they are totally spoiled.

[Evans, Marv]

Lucky guys. It's another 100 degree day here and worse down below (we're at 3.5K ft. altitude). At least it got down to 69 lat night. Nobody who has lived here for decades has seen this kind of heat before (hight temps for such a drawn out period).

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by stevej37

^^^ All they do is cruise around looking for freeze-dried shrimp...they are totally spoiled.

You are simply an enabler.

[stevej37]

^^^ If they ever escaped into the real world...they would find out how good they had it.

[Bob Kontak]

What happens in the winter with them?

[stevej37]

Originally Posted by Bob Kontak

What happens in the winter with them?

My garage is heated and I have a 3x3x4 rubbermaid stock tank in there.
I net the fish and turtles out into the rubber tank. They semi-hibernate until spring.
When I put them back outside..only takes a couple hours of sunshine and they are back to where they were the last summer.

[flatbutt]

Steve how did you obtain the turtles? I'd like to see if I can put some in my pond.

[stevej37]

^^^ At least two of them came from mail order. theturtlesource.com sends half-dollar sized or larger turtles through the mail. They arrive in a small box ready to go. I recommend them.
http://theturtlesource.com/i.asp?id=100200300&p=Red-Eared-Slider-for-sale

A couple of the others were purchased from Petco.
All of them were juvenile size (half dollar) when I obtained them. The largest one is now as big as a dinner plate.
I tried to keep turtles found in the wild/road...doesn't work. They will die before they give up trying to escape.

[john70t]

Originally Posted by stevej37

I tried to keep turtles found in the wild/road...doesn't work. They will die before they give up trying to escape.

250 million years flipped like that.

[stevej37]

The largest female...pic taken two years ago.

[stevej37]

Check out the turtle shadows.

Must mean 6 more weeks of summer.

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[Rodsrsr]

Whatever happened to the one with the injured leg?