Mike Mato–decis. time

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KnD Hance

July 15, 2004 at 6:22 am #19990

Mike– I emailed your yahoo acct not thinking your group email being sent somewhere else. I am South of Philly– email me and we can toss some ideas for you to keep your baby. Kevin kndhance@… ——-Original Message——- From: diamondbackterrapins@yahoogroups.com Date: 07/13/04 12:17:05 To: diamondbackterrapins@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [diamondbackterrapins] Decision Time I know how you must feel . . . I have only had my little Shelby for a couple of months and can’t imagine letting her loose next spring, into the big bad bay. Can you figure out how much it would cost to keep her and cut back somewhere? I have been cable-free since I moved into my new (more expensive) place, and it’s not that bad. Good luck with your decision! Nicolemikemato I have a three year old Northern DBT that hatched on my sister’s lawn
in North Wildwood NJ. It’s the Northern variety with the big
spots. “Sneak” appears to be a female according to the pictures that
I have found on this site and through other links. I’m coming to a
cross roads because she is rapidly outgrowing her aquarium.

If it were up to me, I’d drop the $$$ and get a the big set up, but
space in the house and my wife protests. So I have a tough decision
to make. 1) Upset my wife and spend the money. 2) Release her into
the wild. 3) Find another good home.

I’ve had this turtle for over three years and have done my best to
provide the proper housing. She was the size of a quarter when I got
her and now she is over six inches across the carapace and still
growing. She has always had a healthy appetite, immediately trying
to eat anything new in front of her, never shown any signs of any
sickness and is just a great pet. She has always had excellent
turtle instincts, can disappear in a pile of rocks in seconds, hense
the name.

My question is, what is the right thing to do now. I can easily
start over with some new hatchlings. My nephew finds them
regularly.

This turtle has always lived in fresh water. I think this an
excellent example of the species and I would like her to have the
chance to breed, but I’m concerned about the shock of the salt in the
back bays if I release her directly into brackish water. Maybe I
could release her up stream a bit where the salt content is low and
let her find her way down?

I would be willing to give this DBT to a good home that would provide
the proper environemnt, but I won’t mail it. I live just outside of
Philadelphia and would be willing to take a drive to deliver her to a
good home or back to the Jersey Shore.

If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know. I’m still
deciding.

– Mike

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