Hey Mark
What temp do you keep the fridge, if going that route?
The temp setup they're in now doesn't really allow for brumation, I think. The pool is only about 18" or so at the deepest point. Freezing solid is my concern. And a real possibility. Especially last winter.
I do have a 'pond'...
I moved them to a larger enclosure and it has a larger water feature. But it's not for winter keeping. Just an upgrade while I'm working on stuff. As you can see, there's a few Eastern boxies with them. They were too large for the closed top 8x4. This is 16x4. The electric fence posts in the pic...
It's turkey. There's some cooked chicken in there somewhere. I give them F/T mice as well, but not often. Eggs and different kinds of worms. That's about it for 'meat.'
Last September I received 4 hatchlings from gardenstatetortise.
They spent approximately 7 months indoors in a 75, growing quickly. This May I moved them outside to a small pond in my 3 toed box turtle enclosure. Once water temps were in the high 50s at night. A temporary place for this...