Are you a hobbyist or a business?



Are you selling for BONA FIDE educational, scientific, or exhibitional purposes or selling pets?



If you're a business basically selling pets, you run the risk of getting busted. It's probably a small risk, but it's there. And the fines can be up to $1000 and/or a year in jail. Not likely to happen, but those are the potenials.



Here's an article that points out some of the recent busts - yes, the source is one we don't like, but the information on the busts is factual.



http://www.hsus.org/wildlife/wildlife_news/selling_small_turtles_is_no.html



Here's also an FDA memo on the subject:



http://www.fda.gov/ICECI/ComplianceManuals/CompliancePolicyGuidanceManual/ucm073858.htm



In 2004, stores in Myrtle Beach were busted for selling hatchling sliders.



I think it might also depend what you're selling and where you're selling it. A pissed off soccer mom who gets home from vacation and finds out how big a baby slider will get might be more inclined to call the FDA than, say, a hobbyist knowing exactly what they want and they want a hatchling spotted turtle that they've spent the last two weeks researching. Selling anything under 4" is a risky business in MD, for example. States or counties with 4" regs on the books are more likely to enfource than those that don't have local/regional laws on the subject.



Katrina

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