Wild mud turtle...?

Question

My aunt was driving from a place like 2 hours away from here, on the highway, and she found a turtle in the middle of the road so she decided to bring it with her because it almost get by a truck, so when she arrives here she decides to just let the turtle go in a place where it would've obviously died, so I was like nooo and I kept it... I don't know where it was found and it's pretty far away... So I guess I'll have to keep it and take care of it, but I don't know much about this kinds of turtles... Nor the exact specie of this specimen, so if I could get any information about how to take care or any ideas of what I could do with it i'd be glad :) I really like animals so it's not too much trouble to keep it as a pet, but if it's better to do something else I'll do it.

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Answer 1

To be honest, I would try to find a pond or small lake near you and let it go. Wild turtles, especially one that size do NOT do well in captivity, unless you know exactly what thier requirements are. If you feel you need to keep it, I'd to ALOT of research through google and try to find out exactly what it would need to live a healthy, stress free, life with you.

Good luck in whatever you decide to do with it.

Answer 2

It's a box turtle or "tortoise" to be properly named.  They live on land, go to water just to drink and cool down.   They will eat bugs worms but also eat vegetables like tomatoes or lettuce.  Sometimes these are pests in people's vegetable gardens.    It will be fun to observe for a while but it will die if you keep it too long.  They are meant to be wild animals and if you could release it near woods it will go on and be just fine.

Answer 3

I would suggest you bring the turtle back to where you found him/her and put her off the road in the direction he/she was going.  Turtles are not dumb and they are very intelligent.  The turtle was on a mission and now has been taken away from the environment it knows.

One other thing never ever take a wild turtle in as a pet... Wild belongs in the wild

Answer 4

I'm guessing that it is a yellow mud turtle. Check the plastron (lower shell). There should be two hinges and the second pair of scutes (plates) should be triangular and barely touching one another. On the carapace (upper shell)  count the marginals (scutes around the edge). The ninth one should be higher than the eighth.

Feed it earthworms, fishes (not goldfish), and soft-bodied insects. When you can't get live food, liver dusted with bonemeal is good.

Answer 5

It might be a yellow mud turtle so check if it has spots around its head and check if its bottom shell is yellowish. be carefull....they can bite you! ( ive already been bitten!!) they mostly eat vegetables, insects, fish , and some kind of plants. but, if i were you i would just find a forest, pond, lake, or somewhere safe, muddy, or sandy and let the turtle go. if you do keep him then make a home that looks like it's real habitat and to check if its a male or female  just look at the bottom of the shell. if its straight then its female and if its curved upward, concave, then its a male! its your choice to keep it or not but remember that its lived its whole life in the wild and you shouldnt really take it away from the wild!