Not sure if I feel more discouraged or less discouraged after reading your
post, but I appreciate you taking the time to answer. Knowing myself and
knowing how determined I can get about things I want, I imagine I should
start digging now because I feel a large turtle pond coming up! Fencing in
the entire yard is not an option.... I looked into doing that for our three
dogs, and it was much too expensive. We have an electric fence around the
perimeter..... do you think they sell those zapper collars small enough for
turtles? LOL Yes, I have seen turtle poop, and was shocked and amazed
the first few times that that could possibly come out of a cute little
turtle! I'm not sure how people keep turtles in small fish tanks.
Two more questions..... how deep should it be (just in CASE I really dig
one) to be able to overwinter them in the pond, and what precautions can I
build in to keep predators from stealing my turtles? (raccoons and the
like) Still in the thinking stages, but since spring/summer is still
young, I have a feeling that shovel will be itching away at me to start
digging.
Sue