Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 12:25 am Re: Quesrions about outdoor set up
Hello, writing from southern California where the spring temps are 50 at night to about 80 in the day. I just rescued a RES and have an outdoor pond set up for her. Female RES is 7", came from animal shelter, so don't have any history. I put her in the pond, good size fairly deep, with med size goldfish that were there before and feedfish for her to eat. She swam around for a few hours and then went on land and hid herself under the leaves in the bushes. Did this twice. Is she cold, nervous, nesting or looking for a mate? I left her there for tonight. Any suggestions?