I recently had to re-home some eastern box turtles and before doing so I read my state laws regarding the sell, possession and collecting this species and I am fine there but I came across this wrote inside the law excerpt "The USDA prohibits the sale of turtles under 4 inches, and state
health laws prohibit the sale of turtles as pets."
Like I said above I had to rehome some box turtles and by some I mean 9. Given all 9 did not belong to me, my wife and I started collecting turtles a few years back and she had her babys and I had mine, we purchased ours from captive breed breeders, I had 4 and my wife had 3, now my step daughter claims 2 more showed up in the habitat but she was only 8 almost nine at the time so I let them stay. They did very well and turned out to be really interesting to watch them do their turtle thing. But unfortunately the place I live in is a #$@%box and we have to move back into an apartment for a wile and I was forced to rehome them because I do not have it in me to put them into a box when they had a big enough habitat to roam around in they could get missing for days with out being seen and a 10x10 pound to get wet in.
anyways I just felt like sharing that....
health laws prohibit the sale of turtles as pets."
Like I said above I had to rehome some box turtles and by some I mean 9. Given all 9 did not belong to me, my wife and I started collecting turtles a few years back and she had her babys and I had mine, we purchased ours from captive breed breeders, I had 4 and my wife had 3, now my step daughter claims 2 more showed up in the habitat but she was only 8 almost nine at the time so I let them stay. They did very well and turned out to be really interesting to watch them do their turtle thing. But unfortunately the place I live in is a #$@%box and we have to move back into an apartment for a wile and I was forced to rehome them because I do not have it in me to put them into a box when they had a big enough habitat to roam around in they could get missing for days with out being seen and a 10x10 pound to get wet in.
anyways I just felt like sharing that....