There are many diseases that a wild pond turtle can catch in its lifetime. One of these diseases is known as ulcerative shell disease.
In a shallow fresh water pond that has lots of vegetation
Captive turtles should not be released into the wild. Not only are they unaccustomed to finding food for themselves, they can also get sick from being exposed to germs that wild turtles carry, or, they can spread their own germs to the wild turtles, and kill off the wild population. Try putting an ad in the paper, or in local pet shops, advertising that your turtle is up for adoption. You can also try contacting local zoos; some of them have petting zoos or zoo classes for children which they need turtles for.
Box Turtles live in The Dessert and dig burrows. They like to eat cactus fruit. :))))
Tortoises and turtles held in captivity can pick up diseases and spread them to wild animals. The captive animals live a fairly stress-free life so are able to fend off the diseases. However, wild populations live a more stressful life and their immune systems may not be able to cope with any sort of infection.
yes there are some wild turtles and toe teases are veterans
Coyotes , rabbits, turtles, wild boars, all types of snakes and lizards.
There are about 356 known species of turtles in the world, with different populations of each species spread across various habitats. The exact number of individual turtles in the wild is difficult to estimate.
your answer is no pet terrapins cant be released into a wild pond because it will not know how to find its own food if you feed it free hand now and also they will get a lot of diseases and will not live long. for more help and support visit your local pet shop or RSPCA
snapping turtles are wild but can be tamed.....ppl have them as pets all the time
Answer: That is not entirely true. Wild turtles can be small and domesticated turtles can be large. Large turtles are very old and take a long time to get to those large sizes.
The western pond turtle is endangered because of humans. People are taking in these pond turtles to be their pets. You aren't supposed to take any wild animals out of their natural habitat to begin with, but some people do. Pet stores are also selling them. Some people don't even know how to take care of these turtles. So the reason why western pond turtles are endangered is because humans take them from their own homes and try to keep them as pets, and this results in death for them because of the lack of knowledge in the proper care. This species is listed currently as "Vulnerable", not endangered yet.
Wild America - 1982 Prince of the Pond was released on: USA: February 1992