I have an Eastern Box Turtle. My Great Dane puppy brought her to me at our dog park. Flipped her out of his big, slobbery mug and pawed at her like a ball. About had a heart attack. I brought her home to make sure she was ok, and to figure out how/where to release her to a more suitable environment. After some quick research, I learned not to release her away from her hatching area. What is the right thing to do? The dog park is big, but everything around it is being cleared or has been cleared for industrial building. It is surrounded by big parking lots and busy roads. One experimental bite and she would have been dead by my dog. Is it really the best idea to put her back there?
She is currently living outdoors in our sulcata's yard, but that also seems to be a concern as far as mixing species, and whether or not its even legal for me to have her at all, given her wild origin.
Some have already said to put her back in other threads where I mentioned her, but I hadn't detailed the situation. Now that I have, do you still feel that way? Her entire home turf has been manipulated by human beings into a death trap. With all the warnings on here about dogs, it just feels wrong. My Weimaraner can spend hours looking for something to chase, play with, or eat at the dog park. It sickens me to think of him finding her first. And having her unharmed was a miracle. If I sat around with headphones on like half the owners, we would not be having this discussion. Max is a 112 lb chewing machine.
She is currently living outdoors in our sulcata's yard, but that also seems to be a concern as far as mixing species, and whether or not its even legal for me to have her at all, given her wild origin.
Some have already said to put her back in other threads where I mentioned her, but I hadn't detailed the situation. Now that I have, do you still feel that way? Her entire home turf has been manipulated by human beings into a death trap. With all the warnings on here about dogs, it just feels wrong. My Weimaraner can spend hours looking for something to chase, play with, or eat at the dog park. It sickens me to think of him finding her first. And having her unharmed was a miracle. If I sat around with headphones on like half the owners, we would not be having this discussion. Max is a 112 lb chewing machine.