My painters and 17 box turtles salute you on your top picks. My 33 common snappers were not happy with your choice and comments from them said something about snapperism and finger lossisms. I gave them a dozen minnows and they were fine.
Great video! I live in Ontario, Canada. When I was younger, I worked at a science center. At the center, the research was being done to identify glycerin occuring in native turtles, during the dormant state. It was interesting.
I have all my turtles outside all year. I live in south Sweden, winters here are not supercold usally stay above freezing but the winters are long and dark. But I keep turtles that are from northern USA and south Canada and they do very fine here!
@@turtletime4256 In my big pond i have Emys orbicularis Chrysemys picta bellii Sternotherus oderatus Trachemys scripta scripta Graptemys pseudogeografica And I have a greenhouse with part pond/ part land in it. There I got: Terrapene carolina carolina Glyptemys insculpta Emys blandingi Clemmys guttata
Great info. I keep all my adults outdoors year round. (Red ears, painted, musk, box turtles, Russian torts) we get 6 and half months of cold, I live in one of the highest elevations of PA. Of all my turtles that stay out, the painteds and my adult female European pond turtle are the most cold tolerant. I regularly see them moving under ice, and they bask on sunny days, even with ice on the pond.
Wood turtles, in my opinion, Eastern Painted and Spotted Turtles are the most cold tolerant. We have Plymouth Red-bellies up where I live so I can understand the Northern Redbelly. Musk Turtles and Box turtles also live here. Great video.
Thank you for another great video this really helps me narrow down the choices, I think I gotta go musk or paint tbh, they should be the best for the conditions, keep up the great work!!!
Lovely video with valuable info on the 5 cold tolerant turtles. Are red eared sliders ever able to handle cold weather (brunate) if they have always been kept indoors during winter months? Would they ever able to aclimate from being in captivity year round to winter brunation if unforseen circumstances arise? Is there a list of turtles that should not be kept outside during the winter? Thank you for sharing this info.
Thank you for all the information you provide in every one of your videos. I love your videos. I’m planning on doing a setup in a 55 gallon tank filled, fluval fx4 with a out of water basking location. Will the fluval fx4 be to much flow for a male map turtle in a 55 gallon tank? Any recommendations you could make would be greatly appreciated.
Greg, Love the channel! I live in SE Missouri. Winter temps get well below freezing. Can razorback or three stripe musk turtles be kept outdoors in a stock tank if it is that cold? Are they as cold tolerant as the stink pot? Thanks! Matt
Greg amazing video bro u didn't mentioned about red ears they also can survive winters easily outside and one thing more I love this pond of yours more than aquascaped one Because it has plenty of space for turtles to swim And buddy I want to ask u something Like what if we create hides for turtles to overwinter A cave sort of thing any recommendations ??¿?
Greg like u have created an aquascape pond , and u have one more pond for turtles why don't u create one more pond for the turtles in 2022 But I want you should make it on your own a big pond 👍
thank you so much! i once had a friend bring over a baby snapping turtle he found in the creek we kept it for a day or so then released it! have also almost been bitten by a big snapping turtle i thought was a stone that i picked up while looking for crayfish! great video just thought id let you know that i thoroughly enjoyed the video!
Great video! I live in Central NJ, and I regularly see all 5 of these turtles in my local park (which includes a lake, stream, bog and plenty of woods). The Eastern Painted turtles are the most common. I have photographed and logged about 30 different individual box turtles over the last several years, many of which I’ve seen year after year deep in the woods. In addition to these 5, I’ve also see many common snapping turtles and a few red-eared sliders (non-native to the area.) I MAY have seen, from a distance, a basking wood turtle, but I can’t confirm because it was a quick look and it may have been a red-belly.
I use have a little painted tutrle I name turte . I kept her till I couldn't keep her. she was in a ten gallon. and I felt she needed to be in a pound. How can you tell a female from a male pinted tyrle. they told me by the feet . if feet are big then its a female.. can you keep a painted turtle in ten gallon?
Great video!. Would western painted turtles fall into that same category for Cold tolerant as eastern? I was going to keep mine in a dug in, 150 gallon stock tank outside. On Long Island.
I know you are close to my region of 7a, what is the tropical plant palm you have growing. The elephant ears should freeze but due to the size the palm must not?
Fan palms, saw palmetto, majesty palms and sago palms. Normally they all live, but we had three days of 9 degrees and that seems to have wiped them all out, except the saw palmetto
Hey Greg! a question does western painted turtles tolerate heat well? I'm having the worse time to maintain a cold temperature and water temps in her aquarium maintains 28C all day unless i turn on the AC at night. During the day it could reach more than 28 all i can do is put frozen water bottles, but that temp drop lasted like 1 hour or so. would appreciate your reply! I live in Asia btw.
i have a western painted turtle, also live in the same state as Greg in Georgia. i keep my turtle outside in a 100+gal stock tank setup and my water temp naturally peaks at the most around 28C(82F) on the hottest day. i would say thats ok during the summer for my turtle. usually my stock tub stays steady around 76-78F
@@-EchoesIntoEternity- that's great!! Does that apply for hatchling and adults? Mine's a yearling. Now struggling with retained scutes due to lack of UVB 6 months ago, trying my best to make sure recovers, the water temperature are what I'm really struggling to keep in check. Nice to know that someone from another country have the same conditions. I'll do my best to keep it steady! THANKS
@@wolffeactual5778 the lack of UVB sounds more concerning than the water temp. as long as the water conditions are clean, i wouldnt worry too much about the temp. these lil guys are pretty hearty tough. mine is a juvenile turtle, i let it get plenty of natural UVB raising it outdoors. im fortunate enough to have a screened patio to keep my turtle safe from predators. would definitely suggest a UVB lamp since it sounds like you keep yours indoors. maybe take your turtle outdoors once a week for like an hour to get some natural sun. just keep a close eye on them.
@@-EchoesIntoEternity- actually i did manage to her some UVB bulb a month after i found out how wrong i was about everything. but i would try to take her out once a week for some and natural sun. she's doing great since the last 6months, shedding ever so slowly. thanks for the suggestion!
Which one do you think would be best for indoors in the San Francisco area? It gets a little cold for a week or two out of the year. Preferably something small so I can easily change the water every couple days and scrub the whole thing.
Virginia recently passed new laws forbidding any native species--it makes sense from a poaching standpoint but, for some reason, they don't make allowances for captive bred... doesn't leave many North American options here other than the Blandings. I'm not sure about the legality of sub-species--for example I was told they don't allow ANY kind of Diamondback Terrapins with the only native being the Northern. The law is in good spirit with conservation but makes it very difficult on the hobbyist that prefer large, natural outdoor habitats rather than aquariums.
Hey man i am new to your channel i love it but i have a question for you. I have 1 adult eastern painted turtle which is living in my aquascape ecosystem pond and i am getting 2 little hatchings this week. How long should i wait for the babies to age before i let them outside to live in the ecosystem pond?? Cant find much info on this sorry for the long question
I am also in Georgia. What turtles am I legally allowed to have? I figured if it is native here, it wouldn't be a problem to keep it as a pet...but now I am second guessing that lol
You can legally possess up to 10 of any native unprotected species, any combination. No box turtles, spotted or bog turtles, alligator snappers, diamondback terrapins, gopher tortoises. I recommend finding a captive breeder and never remove turtles from the wild
@@MrBlanman68 I would like to go more in depth on blandings and woods, but I haven’t made it up to their habitats yet and I don’t want to feel like I’m talking out of my ass
You definitely need to make that trek one spring. I can hook you up with directions to a few sure fire locations April thru June. Blanding's & yellow leg woods in WI, MN and the former Clemmys trifecta in PA
Hi Greg my name is Mikael Thomas I live in San Diego my hole life I'm 57 years old and I have had turtles my hole life when I was born my parents lived with my Grandparents and they had a California desert Tortis then my parents got a house that had 2 triangle ponds the front pond was bigger the backyard was 3 or 4 foot triangle it water hyacinth packed completely and small frogs lived breded in it I was 3 in 1968 the front pond my Dad started my life with water turtles he put all different turtles and newts gold fish . 1970 we moved to Santee in San Diego my Granpa made a pond the shape of 8 the shallow end had rock waterfall . The deep end was the drain to fall . All the turtles from old house to new house some where tropical Dad covered pond in winter with heat lights. I named them all the biggest was Salty painted turtle he was the meanest hissed real loud scratch the heck out of me and snapped very aggressive later found out Salty was a girl next was Bully a reeves he did not bite. Next was Lether he was a type of wood turtle his eyes were black he was very docile the nicest . Next was California a pacific pond turtle he was really neat. Next was Jumbo he looked like a side neck but his neck was not long I think he was tropical my dad only covered the pond with heat lights 2 or 3 winters Jombo did not make it after that and I buried him I was pretty young maybe 7 then did not know what bread or gender then till much later . Had got baby red ear for 10th birthday named Topsy all others came from triangle Pond from LA Masa house. Over the years the comet gold fish got nice sized. Mid 80,s some of the reached age and went to Heaven I asked to resurrect the ones I named they out live dogs so I was very attached to them and made grave stones and engraved names and dates of deaths. I'm 57 now born 12-16-65 I still have turtles 2 desert Tortis Tik and Tack and 75 gallon stock tank with gold fish and small red ear. And my beautiful daughter Bree has a beautiful baby Leppard Tortis and it don't hibernate anyways BREE named him or her French Fry .l fricken love you not literally and need your videos I never leave San Diego and love to walk up stream with you all the different states it's healthy meditation for to my sole and will help me live longer my Daughter is only 9 had her at 48 Now 57 must live a long time to keep her safe in this more difficult World your spiritually healthy shows increases my life Thank you.
Good video but i think the reeves should of been in it even if most bring them in they move under the ice in the winter in china and even come out to lay on snow
I know this is old video but I have a female red ear slider about 20 years old I’ve had her for almost 2 years now, she was kept in a tiny aquarium basically abused but she’s good now. Would I be able to put her outside all year round being she’s never been outside ? Thanks man
We have huge Northern Red Bellies here In southern New Jersey
I hope to see them someday!
My painters and 17 box turtles salute you on your top picks. My 33 common snappers were not happy with your choice and comments from them said something about snapperism and finger lossisms. I gave them a dozen minnows and they were fine.
Snappers are great cold hardy turtles
Great video! I live in Ontario, Canada. When I was younger, I worked at a science center. At the center, the research was being done to identify glycerin occuring in native turtles, during the dormant state. It was interesting.
I guess its time to add a northern red belly to the collection.
Beautiful turtles!
I have all my turtles outside all year. I live in south Sweden, winters here are not supercold usally stay above freezing but the winters are long and dark.
But I keep turtles that are from northern USA and south Canada and they do very fine here!
What species do you keep?
@@turtletime4256 In my big pond i have
Emys orbicularis
Chrysemys picta bellii
Sternotherus oderatus
Trachemys scripta scripta
Graptemys pseudogeografica
And I have a greenhouse with part pond/ part land in it. There I got:
Terrapene carolina carolina
Glyptemys insculpta
Emys blandingi
Clemmys guttata
Here`s a little feeding vid. I was done in the middle of the summer so the water was a little bit unclear. th-cam.com/video/gXaqvX_9fkM/w-d-xo.html
I keep reave turtle in North of England. Thanks for doing a video for turtle keepers in the cooler climates. Cheers mate.
Reeve’s are great turtles and cold hardy as well
Great info. I keep all my adults outdoors year round.
(Red ears, painted, musk, box turtles, Russian torts) we get 6 and half months of cold, I live in one of the highest elevations of PA. Of all my turtles that stay out, the painteds and my adult female European pond turtle are the most cold tolerant. I regularly see them moving under ice, and they bask on sunny days, even with ice on the pond.
That’s great! If I had done a top ten I definitely would have included European ponds and blandings, amongst a others
underated youtuber...
I've seen RES basking in ditches at 30 degrees sitting beside sheets of ice, & 31 was the high that day! 🐢
Wood turtles, in my opinion, Eastern Painted and Spotted Turtles are the most cold tolerant. We have Plymouth Red-bellies up where I live so I can understand the Northern Redbelly. Musk Turtles and Box turtles also live here. Great video.
Do you think western painted would fall into the same category?
Greg, do you have any interest in giving a turtle/tortoise tour at your place? My kids begged me to ask since we're right over the Al/ga line.
it is good to keep them as natural as possible.
Love channel new but big fan red ear sliders always my pick #1 but love all turtles love the content always learning new ways 👍
The loggerhead looks so cool!😘
ty for the video, my state allows the northern red belly or painted turtle so I'm gonna consider them!
That’s great choices!
Thank you for another great video this really helps me narrow down the choices, I think I gotta go musk or paint tbh, they should be the best for the conditions, keep up the great work!!!
Glad to help!
I have a large pond an we have painted an musk turtles in Michigan
That’s awesome
Northern red bellied are stunning. Up here in Delaware they're abundant in mill ponds, streams, and often occupy brackish creeks and marshes
Greg with the amazing content once again! Love it man keep it up!
Keep up the awesome videos 🙂
Is that a Clemmys Guttata you showed? The spotted
Hey man I actually have found the eastern paited turtle on warmer winter days swimming around like it's nothing ,here in pa!! Cold champs for sure!!
Would like to hear about frost lines for us Northerners. None of my ponds are 3ft deep so I have to bring everyone in right?
Depending how far north, you would either have to bring them in or run some heat
Lovely video with valuable info on the 5 cold tolerant turtles. Are red eared sliders ever able to handle cold weather (brunate) if they have always been kept indoors during winter months? Would they ever able to aclimate from being in captivity year round to winter brunation if unforseen circumstances arise? Is there a list of turtles that should not be kept outside during the winter? Thank you for sharing this info.
hi my maurevis reevesi are outside and this year im gonna let them hibernate how do they tolerate cold?
if you could give me some tips
if they can survive a winter have a 5 inch size
Thank you for all the information you provide in every one of your videos. I love your videos. I’m planning on doing a setup in a 55 gallon tank filled, fluval fx4 with a out of water basking location. Will the fluval fx4 be to much flow for a male map turtle in a 55 gallon tank? Any recommendations you could make would be greatly appreciated.
Should work well 👍🏼 Thanks for watching
Greg,
Love the channel! I live in SE Missouri. Winter temps get well below freezing. Can razorback or three stripe musk turtles be kept outdoors in a stock tank if it is that cold? Are they as cold tolerant as the stink pot?
Thanks!
Matt
If I were to get a common snapper as a pet in Wisconsin, would it be a terrible idea? I'd hate to freeze the thing
I think of all the turtles in this video, mine are probably the bix turtles. Also snapping turtles and sliders are also cold tolerant right?
Yes, snappers and slider are also very cold tolerant
@@GregsTurtleHaven OK
Greg amazing video bro u didn't mentioned about red ears they also can survive winters easily outside and one thing more I love this pond of yours more than aquascaped one
Because it has plenty of space for turtles to swim
And buddy I want to ask u something
Like what if we create
hides for turtles to overwinter
A cave sort of thing any recommendations ??¿?
I will dig down and fill with leaves and mulch, then cover with wood or some other large piece
@@GregsTurtleHaven 👍
Thanks Greg !
Greg like u have created an aquascape pond , and u have one more pond for turtles why don't u create one more pond for the turtles in 2022
But I want you should make it on your own a big pond 👍
th-cam.com/video/SnDL-GiIuIw/w-d-xo.html
Greg see this is a guy who created awsome ponds, watch this video try this type of habitat buddy 👍
thank you so much! i once had a friend bring over a baby snapping turtle he found in the creek we kept it for a day or so then released it! have also almost been bitten by a big snapping turtle i thought was a stone that i picked up while looking for crayfish!
great video just thought id let you know that i thoroughly enjoyed the video!
Do you think I could keep mud turtles outside year round in Oregon where I live we get hot summers 115 tops and cold winters but not too many freezes?
Great video! I live in Central NJ, and I regularly see all 5 of these turtles in my local park (which includes a lake, stream, bog and plenty of woods). The Eastern Painted turtles are the most common.
I have photographed and logged about 30 different individual box turtles over the last several years, many of which I’ve seen year after year deep in the woods.
In addition to these 5, I’ve also see many common snapping turtles and a few red-eared sliders (non-native to the area.) I MAY have seen, from a distance, a basking wood turtle, but I can’t confirm because it was a quick look and it may have been a red-belly.
I use have a little painted tutrle I name turte . I kept her till I couldn't keep her. she was in a ten gallon. and I felt she needed to be in a pound. How can you tell a female from a male pinted tyrle. they told me by the feet . if feet are big then its a female.. can you keep a painted turtle in ten gallon?
Great video!. Would western painted turtles fall into that same category for Cold tolerant as eastern? I was going to keep mine in a dug in, 150 gallon stock tank outside. On Long Island.
Westerns are also quite cold tolerant
I know you are close to my region of 7a, what is the tropical plant palm you have growing. The elephant ears should freeze but due to the size the palm must not?
Fan palms, saw palmetto, majesty palms and sago palms. Normally they all live, but we had three days of 9 degrees and that seems to have wiped them all out, except the saw palmetto
Hey Greg! a question does western painted turtles tolerate heat well? I'm having the worse time to maintain a cold temperature and water temps in her aquarium maintains 28C all day unless i turn on the AC at night. During the day it could reach more than 28 all i can do is put frozen water bottles, but that temp drop lasted like 1 hour or so. would appreciate your reply! I live in Asia btw.
i have a western painted turtle, also live in the same state as Greg in Georgia. i keep my turtle outside in a 100+gal stock tank setup and my water temp naturally peaks at the most around 28C(82F) on the hottest day. i would say thats ok during the summer for my turtle. usually my stock tub stays steady around 76-78F
@@-EchoesIntoEternity- that's great!! Does that apply for hatchling and adults? Mine's a yearling. Now struggling with retained scutes due to lack of UVB 6 months ago, trying my best to make sure recovers, the water temperature are what I'm really struggling to keep in check. Nice to know that someone from another country have the same conditions. I'll do my best to keep it steady! THANKS
@@wolffeactual5778 the lack of UVB sounds more concerning than the water temp. as long as the water conditions are clean, i wouldnt worry too much about the temp. these lil guys are pretty hearty tough. mine is a juvenile turtle, i let it get plenty of natural UVB raising it outdoors. im fortunate enough to have a screened patio to keep my turtle safe from predators. would definitely suggest a UVB lamp since it sounds like you keep yours indoors. maybe take your turtle outdoors once a week for like an hour to get some natural sun. just keep a close eye on them.
@@-EchoesIntoEternity- actually i did manage to her some UVB bulb a month after i found out how wrong i was about everything. but i would try to take her out once a week for some and natural sun. she's doing great since the last 6months, shedding ever so slowly. thanks for the suggestion!
Excited to have my eastern painted turtles outside for this year. At what temps do you generally stop feeding your turtles at before the winter hits?
Any of this good for arizona heat? Trying to make an outdoor pond but it gets to 115 degrees in the summer I might run a shade on top of the pond
Can you keep the eastern painted or red eared slider in a stock tank all year as long as there is aeration? Michigan winter.
Which one do you think would be best for indoors in the San Francisco area? It gets a little cold for a week or two out of the year. Preferably something small so I can easily change the water every couple days and scrub the whole thing.
Virginia recently passed new laws forbidding any native species--it makes sense from a poaching standpoint but, for some reason, they don't make allowances for captive bred... doesn't leave many North American options here other than the Blandings. I'm not sure about the legality of sub-species--for example I was told they don't allow ANY kind of Diamondback Terrapins with the only native being the Northern.
The law is in good spirit with conservation but makes it very difficult on the hobbyist that prefer large, natural outdoor habitats rather than aquariums.
How about a common snapping turtle? What is thier cold tolerance like?
Then how we house those cold intolerant tortoise or turtle. How do you house your red food and yellow foot tortoise
i have a tub with 2 sliders and a painted turtle, whats a good natural way to help them through the winter? would peat moss help?
awesome!!!!
This is my first year to have my largest cooters stay outside 🤞🏻🐢
American reptile distributor has good selections of turtles and tortoises.
I’m actually currently looking for a box turtle if anyone knows of a good place
Anyone know where I can get a CB musk turtles?
nice video, hi from indonesian
So versaturtle!
Hey man i am new to your channel i love it but i have a question for you. I have 1 adult eastern painted turtle which is living in my aquascape ecosystem pond and i am getting 2 little hatchings this week. How long should i wait for the babies to age before i let them outside to live in the ecosystem pond?? Cant find much info on this sorry for the long question
At least 4 inches
@@GregsTurtleHaven ok thank you greg I appreciate it not sure how big they will be when they come but good to know thanks
I am also in Georgia. What turtles am I legally allowed to have? I figured if it is native here, it wouldn't be a problem to keep it as a pet...but now I am second guessing that lol
You can legally possess up to 10 of any native unprotected species, any combination. No box turtles, spotted or bog turtles, alligator snappers, diamondback terrapins, gopher tortoises. I recommend finding a captive breeder and never remove turtles from the wild
Do you know what it could mean if my box turtle stops using its hind leg?
Loved the video! But can we get the scientific names? It's easier that way to get more info, thank you!
What about mud turtles, how do they do?
Do you keep them all in the same habitat behind you?
Which turtle basks the most?
Yeaaahhh!! 😃😃😃
No Blanding's or Wood turtles 😭 Lol. P. rubriventris can handle coastal cold just dandy, but real turtles measure their ice cover in feet 🥶
I was narrowing it down to 5 commonly available, with fewest restrictions and easiest to house
I know you had a method to your madness. I just had to give em some love in the comments :)
@@MrBlanman68 I would like to go more in depth on blandings and woods, but I haven’t made it up to their habitats yet and I don’t want to feel like I’m talking out of my ass
You definitely need to make that trek one spring. I can hook you up with directions to a few sure fire locations April thru June. Blanding's & yellow leg woods in WI, MN and the former Clemmys trifecta in PA
Who's got a captive box turtle connection? Leave me some tips
And I love musk turtles but unfortunately those are not available in. India
.,...
I'd trade 100 musk turtles for a pair of P. tecta if I could. Lol
Amazing
Hi Greg my name is Mikael Thomas I live in San Diego my hole life I'm 57 years old and I have had turtles my hole life when I was born my parents lived with my Grandparents and they had a California desert Tortis then my parents got a house that had 2 triangle ponds the front pond was bigger the backyard was 3 or 4 foot triangle it water hyacinth packed completely and small frogs lived breded in it I was 3 in 1968 the front pond my Dad started my life with water turtles he put all different turtles and newts gold fish . 1970 we moved to Santee in San Diego my Granpa made a pond the shape of 8 the shallow end had rock waterfall . The deep end was the drain to fall . All the turtles from old house to new house some where tropical Dad covered pond in winter with heat lights. I named them all the biggest was Salty painted turtle he was the meanest hissed real loud scratch the heck out of me and snapped very aggressive later found out Salty was a girl next was Bully a reeves he did not bite. Next was Lether he was a type of wood turtle his eyes were black he was very docile the nicest . Next was California a pacific pond turtle he was really neat. Next was Jumbo he looked like a side neck but his neck was not long I think he was tropical my dad only covered the pond with heat lights 2 or 3 winters Jombo did not make it after that and I buried him I was pretty young maybe 7 then did not know what bread or gender then till much later . Had got baby red ear for 10th birthday named Topsy all others came from triangle
Pond from LA Masa house. Over the years the comet gold fish got nice sized. Mid 80,s some of the reached age and went to Heaven I asked to resurrect the ones I named they out live dogs so I was very attached to them and made grave stones and engraved names and dates of deaths. I'm 57 now born 12-16-65 I still have turtles 2 desert Tortis Tik and Tack and 75 gallon stock tank with gold fish and small red ear. And my beautiful daughter Bree has a beautiful baby Leppard Tortis and it don't hibernate anyways
BREE named him or her French Fry .l fricken love you not literally and need your videos I never leave San Diego and love to walk up stream with you all the different states it's healthy meditation for to my sole and will help me live longer my Daughter is only 9 had her at 48
Now 57 must live a long time to keep her safe in this more difficult World your spiritually healthy shows increases my life Thank you.
I live in New York and was told that Russian tortoises can survive our winters. Is that true?
They survive my north Georgia winters no problem, but I’m not sure how harsh New York winters get, and where your frost line is
Good video but i think the reeves should of been in it even if most bring them in they move under the ice in the winter in china and even come out to lay on snow
Reeves is definitely cold hardy. Like the title says, this is just “MY Top 5..”
1st
Worst time of the year for turtle lovers
You don’t need a big turtle 🥲
I know this is old video but I have a female red ear slider about 20 years old I’ve had her for almost 2 years now, she was kept in a tiny aquarium basically abused but she’s good now. Would I be able to put her outside all year round being she’s never been outside ? Thanks man