Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 6:00 pm When to bring in my RES
I live in Cleveland, Ohio and I have a 1 year old RES living in my 75 gallon plastic pond in the backyard (I hope this is okay). He (or she??) seems to love it and has at least doubled in size since I decided to transfer him/her from the aquarium to the pond. When should I bring him/her in and when is it safe to put him/her back out there in the spring? Also, how do I decide if I should call him/her either "him" or "her"? And, I bought this turtle in Florida, and the people told me it was a RES. How do I verify this is actually a RES? And why is it illegal to sell RES's in Ohio? I know, I have lots of questions, but my kids really like this turtle.