Quote Originally Posted by Bogertophis View Post
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.
Yes, I understand that. I know that i am now responsible. The only reasons that i did not vet the turtle are
(a). As i said, i am not rich.
(b). The only vets near me were closed
(c). i wasnt sure if the turtle was actually severely injured, or just scared. I thought that she was hurt, though.

And look what happened! she must have just been scared, because TODAY SHE IS BACK TO NORMAL!!! Im SO glad!! That waas one of the reasons not to vet her-- i wasnt sure.