I live in Houston where it gets incredibly hot And can freeze slightly one week out of the year. I want to build a small pond for my two RES's and keep them outside. Would they cook? Are there ways to keep the water cool? What about when it gets cold? How do they survive it in the wild?
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res turtles are native to your part of the country so they are used to being outside all year. they hibernate in the winter underground in holes the dig out and at the bottoms of lakes and rivers. make sure if you have an outdoor pond you give them a little fenced area to get out and walk around, they may dig a hole and hibernate but im not sure if it gets cold enough there. you should check out austinsturtlepage.com, bet you can find your info there :)
In the summer it would probably be warm enough.. I'll find a factsheet stating the temperatures they need in a minute. You'd have to build some kinda of pond with out of water levels for them, without them being able to escape. If you can do that, and keep temperature high enough, they should be ok. In the winter they'd probably have to be inside somewhere though.. maybe just for a couple of months, I'm not sure.
Factsheet: http://www.wnyherp.org/care-sheets/turtl...
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