Squirt The Turtle Pics

[Kalei]

Oh wow, I didn't know all that. Thanks for the information. I think someone else mentioned snapping turtle, maybe that's why I thought it was..I don't know that much about turtles lol, except that yours sounds pretty sweet

My bestfriend when were like 16 picked up a snapping turtle and took it home. She kept it in a tank, but she released it awhile later...I bet it was illegal and she had no idea.

[king2005]

Oh wow, I didn't know all that. Thanks for the information. I think someone else mentioned snapping turtle, maybe that's why I thought it was..I don't know that much about turtles lol, except that yours sounds pretty sweet

My bestfriend when were like 16 picked up a snapping turtle and took it home. She kept it in a tank, but she released it awhile later...I bet it was illegal and she had no idea.

Squirt isn't mine :P
I'm the person who first mentioned Snapping Turtle lol

I was about 16 when I got Axle as a hatchling from the wild (you can't buy them, as they are illegal) he was near death, thats why I took him home.... since you were 16 you can't be charged with a Federal Offence like that... You might get yelled at or in some minor trouble, but nothing serious... what you more then likely did was sentence that turtle to it's death.

When a turtle is brought into captivity it is almost always put into tap water... That doesn't have ANY of the wild bacteria & parasites & can flush them out of the turtles system... so when it goes back into the wild it is quickly infested & killed. Also you could have given the turtle non-local parasites or bacteria which other wild animals are not exposed to, which can infest them & kill them... That is why releasing turtles back into the wild is a HUGE NO NO! Also the turtle might not be native to that area (RES are not native to Canada & yet they infest our waters) & cause issues down the road with pushing native species out of the area.. Just like the RES has done

[Kalei]

Squirt isn't mine :P
I'm the person who first mentioned Snapping Turtle lol

I was about 16 when I got Axle as a hatchling from the wild (you can't buy them, as they are illegal) he was near death, thats why I took him home.... since you were 16 you can't be charged with a Federal Offence like that... You might get yelled at or in some minor trouble, but nothing serious... what you more then likely did was sentence that turtle to it's death.

When a turtle is brought into captivity it is almost always put into tap water... That doesn't have ANY of the wild bacteria & parasites & can flush them out of the turtles system... so when it goes back into the wild it is quickly infested & killed. Also you could have given the turtle non-local parasites or bacteria which other wild animals are not exposed to, which can infest them & kill them... That is why releasing turtles back into the wild is a HUGE NO NO! Also the turtle might not be native to that area (RES are not native to Canada & yet they infest our waters) & cause issues down the road with pushing native species out of the area.. Just like the RES has done

Aw That is so sad. I had no idea...my bestfriend would never have known that...I hope that poor turtle survived. I guess that's what happens when your young and don't know anything.

She also caught a grass snake one time and kept that for quite awhile, it actually liked it's head rubbed.

[king2005]

Aw That is so sad. I had no idea...my bestfriend would never have known that...I hope that poor turtle survived. I guess that's what happens when your young and don't know anything.

She also caught a grass snake one time and kept that for quite awhile, it actually liked it's head rubbed.

Not too sure about Snakes, but I'm sure its the food you feed when while they are in captivity that can cause issues when released... Since Turtles & Fish live in water, its sooo much easier to cause havoc then animals on land... I'm NOT saying its ok to release land animals!!

[omgitsapibble]

Oops, sorry, I've had a lot going on lately and forgot to come back to this thread.

Yep, Squirt is a red eared slider, and as king said, they get quite large. Females get a good bit larger than males, and can grow up to a foot long. Squirt is too young to know whether he is a male or female right now, we'll be able to tell when he gets about 3-4 inches. Right now he's just 1.5 inches. He's about to be put into a 29 gallon tank, and at the end of this year, he'll be placed in his final tank, which will be 125 gallons.

He's such a sweet turtle too, he gets so excited during dinner time, it's funny to watch.