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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 157291" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>I live in SoCal and we have an oldish red eared slider female we took on about 8 years ago from someone, who inherited her from someone else, etc.</p><p> </p><p>She lives in a smallish (100 gallon or so) pond on the second floor balcony off our master bedroom year-round <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> (Decided to keep her there because we have no fence around our yard and are in a semi-rural area, with lots of predators that love to eat turtles).</p><p> </p><p>As for hibernation, she just sits on the bottom of the pond from about October to February, coming up for a gulp of air occasionally.</p><p> </p><p>I'm sure ours would acclimate to the wild with NO problem at all. And my main message here is that yours would likely do fine as well. There are numerous red eared sliders that have been dumped at local parks with ponds and small lakes, and they do just fine adapting to their wild surroundings, even though they are not native. While I don't condone dumping unwanted turtles, if there is already a location in your area that has a community of sliders living there, I think that might be a good place to set yours free, that is if you can't find a suitable adoptive home for her.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 157291, member: 3444"] I live in SoCal and we have an oldish red eared slider female we took on about 8 years ago from someone, who inherited her from someone else, etc. She lives in a smallish (100 gallon or so) pond on the second floor balcony off our master bedroom year-round :D (Decided to keep her there because we have no fence around our yard and are in a semi-rural area, with lots of predators that love to eat turtles). As for hibernation, she just sits on the bottom of the pond from about October to February, coming up for a gulp of air occasionally. I'm sure ours would acclimate to the wild with NO problem at all. And my main message here is that yours would likely do fine as well. There are numerous red eared sliders that have been dumped at local parks with ponds and small lakes, and they do just fine adapting to their wild surroundings, even though they are not native. While I don't condone dumping unwanted turtles, if there is already a location in your area that has a community of sliders living there, I think that might be a good place to set yours free, that is if you can't find a suitable adoptive home for her. [/QUOTE]
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