jrocke
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I need someone's help. I recovered two baby water turtles. I have no experience with them, and have such an abundance of pets I cannot care for them as they should be. Please contact me if you can accommodate two babies.
"Recovered"? Where from? What species? I'm here in Valencia. Send me a message if you don't want to post publicly.I need someone's help. I recovered two baby water turtles. I have no experience with them, and have such an abundance of pets I cannot care for them as they should be. Please contact me if you can accommodate two babies.
This is NOT good advice. The OP is in California and there are STRICT laws regarding releasing non-native turtles. The non-native red ear slider, if that's what they are, should NOT be put back where they were found. I gave the OP the best advice.Sounds like you caught a couple wild turtles, please put them back into the wild, they are their for all of us to enjoy
It appears to me that the turtles are wild caught? If so they are illegal and should be returned to the pond where they were found. Certainly.Sounds like you caught a couple wild turtles, please put them back into the wild, they are their for all of us to enjoy
Yes, of course the non-native turtles, like the red ear sliders, should not be put back in the wild as they are "invasive" species in California. We need to see pictures.This is NOT good advice. The OP is in California and there are STRICT laws regarding releasing non-native turtles. The non-native red ear slider, if that's what they are, should NOT be put back where they were found. I gave the OP the best advice.
Thanks for coming here for help! Best thing you do now is take a few pics and let us see if we can tell what species they are. Then we can give you some good advice.I need someone's help. I recovered two baby water turtles. I have no experience with them, and have such an abundance of pets I cannot care for them as they should be. Please contact me if you can accommodate two babies.
we don't even know what kind they are, if wild caught native to that state, they belong in the wild, apparently you know the BEST ADVICE (LOL)This is NOT good advice. The OP is in California and there are STRICT laws regarding releasing non-native turtles. The non-native red ear slider, if that's what they are, should NOT be put back where they were found. I gave the OP the best advice.
The OP is in California. I operated a turtle rescue for over 30 years here in California. 99% of the water turtles that came into my rescue were non native red ear sliders, with 1% being the native western pond turtle. I felt pretty confident giving the OP the advice I gave.we don't even know what kind they are, if wild caught native to that state, they belong in the wild, apparently you know the BEST ADVICE (LOL)
Nope. Just read Yvonne's post.Odds are they are RES. California is crawling with them. Anyone feel like betting?