There's three things that turtles do that make them iffy pond pets.
~Their waste is considerable, out of proportion compared to the turtle it came
from so an efficent filter system is needed.
~ They eat their fair share of plants.
~ They have no pet loyalty, they go off on walkabout and end up on the
neighbor's porch.

That all said I was able to keep two at a time in a 3,000 pond with no
problems.

I have a small 400 gallon pond, and saw a red eared slider (I think) -
just a standard water turtle - and was wondering how it would fair in my
pond. They had theres with a floating log that it could get up on.


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