i'd just end up parroting what blackcrystal said so i'll leave this for food for thought...me & my fiancee rescued an eastern box turtle a bit ago but had to re release it after we were told by numerous authorities to do so. we wanted to keep it and all but...its a native species to where we live and it'd have been like taking a deer out of the wild and keeping it in our backyard. not good for the population.