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does anyone know of any quality petstores near northern va that sell some turtles?

As far as I know, not anymore, or ever (quality) for that fact. There used to be a couple stores that sold a variety of turtles, but not for several years now. A law was possibly placed restricting open shop turtle sales in Virginia?, but I'm not positive. A few places carry turtles now and again like Petsmart or Petco, but these turtles are never of good quality and never from good selection. The stores that carried turtles in the past were also not of great quality, and most primarily carried wild caught specimens. Your best bet is to purchase captive bred's online from different breeders like Shawn at Turtle-Town.com for example and from the dozens of other breeders and hobbyists offering turtles for sale on Kingsnake.com turtle classifieds. Hope you find what you're looking for.

-Jordan

yes i called up some petshops today and they said no sales of turtles in va are allowed, so i called some in maryland and they only have res and maps. about the online thing my mom isnt too crazy about online buying so i can see what i can work out.