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People drop turtles off at my house all the time because I keep box turtles and snapper turtles. I get the usual boxie, slider, painted, and snapper. I usually let them go somewhere really big that has alot of turtles.
Someone brought over a turtle that they believed was a snapper but was a wood turtle. I have never seen a wood turtle in my area. I have been in the woods looking for wildlife for over 20 years and have never seen one. I was thinking it was an escaped pet.
I have not decided what to do with it yet. I am moving in Sept. and my new yard will have enough room for an extra enclosure so I may keep it.
I have read online but I would rather verteran wood turtle keepers give me the skinny on what I should know.

Any help will greatly be appreciated.
Thanks

Could you please email me. Are you from south jersey? I know for a fact there are scattered pops throughout south jersey. Please put the animal back were you found it. They are protected throughout the state. If you could please email me I would appreciate it cjoneill12@comcast.net. Thanks much.
chris

If he puts it back where he found it it would be in someone's hands that obviously doesn't know a thing about turtles, considering the one that brought it to him thought it was a snapper.

Good luck with the turtle.

Mike
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