After much thought, I have decided that the best thing to do would be to put up my two turtles for adoption. I really am going to miss them, but I am about to take off and travel for 8 months, after which I will be moving to another city, and I can't rely on my family or any friends to take over their care. I am hoping a fellow lover of turtles or reptiles is willing to take my babies in. They are both male and have strong personalities - very entertaining! Contact me if you are interested.

I live in San Francisco so am looking for a home in the bay area.

Arg! I live in Santa cruz, and I would die for a couple of turtles, however I don't have a job and couldn't support them. Oh well. Good luck!

By the way, have you tried Craigslist yet? It would take some screening, but there are a lot of pet owners that check the site... me included.

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if they're decently sized turtles and your really desperate, you could probably let them go in a nearby pond, just make sure its got fish and insects in it. I had a similar problem with a cooter and red ear slider pair I ended up selling them to a local petshop though and they found a good home pretty quickly.

You cant let captive B. turtles loose in ponds...they lack the ability to survive in the wild seeing as they have been in captive care their whole lives.

Exactly what Sav said...not a good idea at all, not for any herp that has been CBB or raised.

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:D I'm smiling because I have no idea whats going on!

i always figured turtles would revert back to instinct if the need were ever to arise. Then again feeding them on a regular schedule probably makes them expect they'll be thrown food.

Well its not only feeding that will be a problem...unlike wild turts they really dont have the immune system to fight off bacteria/parasite infections since they were never introduced to them and they are used to being kept in a sterile enviornment. I also doubt they would understand the concept of predators..the main one being humans.

Captive animals are like spoiled sheltered children, they live there whole life assuming they can do anything inside their bounds, and when they are let go, they remain doing everything they want, but it is in a realworld situation, they'll eat, approach, and investigate everything that they can, hazardous or not.