By Mavia Haight | Grants Manager
Thank you for your support of western pond turtle conservation! The turtle hatchlings are settled in for the winter at to the Oregon Zoo’s Conservation Lab. We now have the 14 hatchlings who we have divided into three pools. Four smaller individuals are together so that their progress may receive extra monitoring. They are slower growers but eventually should catch up to their cohorts. The other ten have been split into two groups in order to give each of them plenty of room and less competition for food. All ten are now over 100 grams in weight! We are hopeful that all fourteen of these turtles will be ready for release this summer.
Over the past few months the turtles have started to use the new floating basking mats and love their new, even broader spectrum light fixtures and bulbs. Diet changes should also be coming on line this spring to optimize nutritional intake!
If you are in the area, please stop by and see our little ones basking in the warm temps and broad spectrum 'sun light' of the Oregon Zoo Conservation Lab! We’re in the Great Northwest trail.
Again, many thanks for your vital support.
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