Local or not, the turtles main goal in life will be too escape from your
pond. Good luck building it to be "turtle proof"..... I've been trying for
years. Finally ended up building a turtle pond this spring, and one even
got out of THERE, so it was back to the drawing board for me. I think I
finally have it now, and I'm gonna go mess up the layout. My daughter
brought me an Eastern Painted that she rescued from the middle of the road,
and as luck would have it, it's a female. The one I already had in there
was a male, so I'm thinking I should now re-design the turtle pond so that
they have a basking area OUT of the pond on the adjoining yard so she can
lay eggs if the spirit moves her. So that means actually building them a
ramp to help them get out of the pond I spent so much time making
unescapable. Now I have to think about burying fence, etc. Why is it we
do this to ourselves??????
Sue

"10Sguy" wrote in message
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I'm in the design stage for my first pond. I intend to have a few fish,
the
usual array of plants and whatever else shows up. I'd also like to have a
resident turtle.

If I find a local turtle and bring it to my pond, is it likely to stay
around?

Would it be more ethical to purchase a turtle from a pet store?
Occasionally I see them along the roads where I ride bike. I'm sure some
of
those that wonder onto the road meet an untimely demise.

As I understand it I'd need to provide an area where it can get easily get
out of the water. Are there any other special considerations for turtles?

Thanks.