My son has two turtles, a red-eared slider and a painted turtle. The issue is that the red-eared slider has grown to roughly 12 inches in diameter and seriously outgrown the tank they are in. The tank is a 60 gallon with about 45 gallons of water and two Magnum 350 canister filters. I know it is not large enough for a big animal like the slider. The painted turtle is about a fourth of the size of the slider with a carapace of about 4 inches in diameter.
We plan on moving next month and the house we're moving to has a 200 gallon outdoor pond. I was going to transfer the turtles to that pond and bring them in during the winter. We get warm days in the Spring and Summer so heat shouldn't be a problem. I think they'll get better vitamin D doses from the sun and not a lamp. I am just curious what procedure if any we should take to transition them? I plan to put a fence are the pond area to keep the dog out and wire over it to keep the hawks out. I am not too worried about cats because the painted turtle is fast and the red-eared slider is almost as big as they are.
We plan on moving next month and the house we're moving to has a 200 gallon outdoor pond. I was going to transfer the turtles to that pond and bring them in during the winter. We get warm days in the Spring and Summer so heat shouldn't be a problem. I think they'll get better vitamin D doses from the sun and not a lamp. I am just curious what procedure if any we should take to transition them? I plan to put a fence are the pond area to keep the dog out and wire over it to keep the hawks out. I am not too worried about cats because the painted turtle is fast and the red-eared slider is almost as big as they are.
