Turtle is dying - need help

[Bogertophis]

sorry for the misunderstanding. I just caught her yesterday, with the intent to study her and care for her and then release her in a week or two. today the accident happened, so i took her encosure (minus the basking rock, plus a floating island of wood) outside. Ill be honest.. i dont know how hurt she actually is. She looks (and acts) like shes injured, But almost when im certain that shes severely injured and dying, she does something that makes me think again. Shes definately improving; this morning she was barely moving, now shes sliding into the water when i come near her. At the same time shes just acting strangely. Anyway, i can see where there was the misunderstanding. i can afford taking my pets to the vet when i need to (emergancies), but i cant afford 200 bucks every time they look a little off. like i said, im not rich. that being said, i will take them to the vet when they absolutely need it, like parisites or mouthrot, but if there is somthing (like diarhea) that may or may not actually be the worst situation ever. i hope you understand that.

And I hope that you understand that when you take an animal from the wild, that YOU are now responsible for it's care...if that doesn't work for you, then kindly leave all wild animals alone. She would not have had that "accident" if she'd been left alone, would she? Yes things happen in the wild, but catching & keeping an animal means YOU are now responsible. Do the right thing...

Also, if you're keeping any non-native herps, was this turtle kept in strictest quarantine from all your other herps? If not, you should NOT be releasing her no matter what, as you can be inadvertently spreading diseases from your NON-native herps to the wild populations, either by pathogens or parasites carried (internal or external), and those accidental diseases could decimate our local populations. BE responsible please! FYI.