I am actually already working on some outdoor enclosures for my turtles, one for my 3 toeds and another for my ornates. Each is roughly 100 square feet and has a variety of cover. One of them is centered around a peach tree that has many branches hanging low to the ground (also dropping peaches on occasion)and it has loose leaf litter and some soil. The other has a crate myrtle (not sure on spelling), and a small maple tree, and tons of leaf litter. As to releasing turtles I plan on releasing the adults and keeping their offspring. The adults already know how to take care of themselves in thw wild and will, as you said have many more years to multiply in the wild and produce many many more offspring. I actually have also noted when and where the turtles were caught and will release them in that area (not exactly on the spot of course seeing as how most were in the road :-p).

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• My 3 toeds just Mated! - Fight, Tue May 18 22:05:20 2004
• RE: My 3 toeds just Mated! - JOSTA, Wed May 19 08:25:12 2004
• great--but please read - JFeul, Wed May 19 12:27:50 2004
• RE: great--but please read - Fight, Wed May 19 23:21:20 2004
• JFEUL heads up - najahaje_an, Thu May 20 03:06:39 2004
• RE: JFEUL heads up - JFeul, Thu May 20 08:22:56 2004