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#1826116

Jess57
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Wild Baby River Turtles!?!?!?!?!

A River turtle laid eggs on our beach, the eggs should hatch any day. is it ok to keep one of the babies, we think the mother was a turtle that the neighbor released. If it is ok to keep them what do we feed them? right now it is a bad time for the river turtles here because the one cove they live in is 1 mile down river from our beach and since the water is low its hardly there. Could we Keep them till they get bigger and the water get higher, and then release them???? Please respond soon!!!!!

08/10/08 03:59pm

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Kiddiemenumeal
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Message To: Jess57 In reference to Message Id: 1826116

Wild Baby River Turtles!?!?!?!?!

If you want to keep them take about 2, but otherwise i wouldnt bother them...i would check on them every day..if it was just recently than they wont hatch very soon...btw whats a river turtle...do u mean a painted or a Red ear slider

08/10/08 04:41pm

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Zeek2493
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Message To: Kiddiemenumeal In reference to Message Id: 1826153

Wild Baby River Turtles!?!?!?!?!

i am confused... Why take 2?

08/10/08 05:36pm

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Jess57
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Message To: Jess57 In reference to Message Id: 1826116

Wild Baby River Turtles!?!?!?!?!

Yeah, i was thinking about taking 2 or 3. we just call them baby river turtles because my parent couldn’t tell if they were sliders or painted turtles. Would a child plastic pool work as a home????

08/10/08 08:22pm