Hello everyone!
My mother found this turtle in the middle of the road. Without knowing what to do, she brought it home.
As you can see, the shell looks pretty damaged.
I live in Eastern Europe, in a rural area, and we've never seen them casually walking around...
I don't have much knowledge regarding turtles, and I know we probably shouldn't be keeping it, but I managed to improvise an enclosure and I currently keeping it outside (the weather is pretty warm, between 70 to 57 F).
I am going to take it to the vet tomorrow, hopefully...
Should I try to release it somewhere? I don't want to take away its freedom, and I also don't think I am ready to take care of it for the rest of its life...
I don't even know if it's a wild turtle....from the photos I've seen on the internet, it might be an european pond turtle.
I will attach some photos.
- this is the enclosure I made; I've also added a "house" made of cardboard so the turle can hide inside.
My mother found this turtle in the middle of the road. Without knowing what to do, she brought it home.
As you can see, the shell looks pretty damaged.
I live in Eastern Europe, in a rural area, and we've never seen them casually walking around...
I don't have much knowledge regarding turtles, and I know we probably shouldn't be keeping it, but I managed to improvise an enclosure and I currently keeping it outside (the weather is pretty warm, between 70 to 57 F).
I am going to take it to the vet tomorrow, hopefully...
Should I try to release it somewhere? I don't want to take away its freedom, and I also don't think I am ready to take care of it for the rest of its life...
I don't even know if it's a wild turtle....from the photos I've seen on the internet, it might be an european pond turtle.
I will attach some photos.
- this is the enclosure I made; I've also added a "house" made of cardboard so the turle can hide inside.