How To Rehome A Turtle
No. Not mine. I <3 my turtle.
My Dad's roommate up and left in the night and left behind his RES. He's upset, because he can't take care of it, and wants to do the right thing. I have a turtle, clearly, so he asked if I wanted it. He clearly doesn't understand that the turtle's going to need a huge tank (I think this turtle is in a tiny tank, although I've refused to look at it or go into the room to see it because I knew if it wasn't well taken care of, I would be upset, and no one was going to listen to me (believe me, I tried) about turtle care). I said I just don't have the money or space, and I can't put it in with Chino - they'd eat each other alive, and I'm on borrowed space for her as it is.
He said he'd take it to a lake, which is clearly what my Dad's generation did. Set it free! But not only is that illegal, I think it's a terrible idea. I said before doing that, he should take it to a petstore, which clearly doesn't sound as "You're Free!" as the first option, but it's the most responsible, right?
We live in a rural economically-depressed area, so anyone we rehome this thing to is not going to get care it needs, and even if we take it to a petstore, it won't get proper care there. I'm really sort of upset with my back up against the wall.
At first, I was like "maybe try a school," but schools have rules about reptiles - salmonella. I want this turtle to have a good life, but I can't think of what I'm supposed to do.
My Dad's roommate up and left in the night and left behind his RES. He's upset, because he can't take care of it, and wants to do the right thing. I have a turtle, clearly, so he asked if I wanted it. He clearly doesn't understand that the turtle's going to need a huge tank (I think this turtle is in a tiny tank, although I've refused to look at it or go into the room to see it because I knew if it wasn't well taken care of, I would be upset, and no one was going to listen to me (believe me, I tried) about turtle care). I said I just don't have the money or space, and I can't put it in with Chino - they'd eat each other alive, and I'm on borrowed space for her as it is.
He said he'd take it to a lake, which is clearly what my Dad's generation did. Set it free! But not only is that illegal, I think it's a terrible idea. I said before doing that, he should take it to a petstore, which clearly doesn't sound as "You're Free!" as the first option, but it's the most responsible, right?
We live in a rural economically-depressed area, so anyone we rehome this thing to is not going to get care it needs, and even if we take it to a petstore, it won't get proper care there. I'm really sort of upset with my back up against the wall.
At first, I was like "maybe try a school," but schools have rules about reptiles - salmonella. I want this turtle to have a good life, but I can't think of what I'm supposed to do.