Last year someone offered me a turtle pair (RES) and I put them in my
waterlily pond. They disappeared and we never saw them again. I figured
they crawled over the edge of the raised pond and went looking for a new
home during the major storm that occurred a couple of days after their
arrival. This spring while trimming one of my flower beds I noticed a tiny
baby turtle. He was smaller than a 50 cent coin. He was looking dried out
so we decided to put him in a spare aquarium we had. Over the last couple
of weeks he has grown quickly and we are wondering what to do next. If I
put him in the lily pond I suspect he will climb out and have a hard time
surviving our hot Houston summer. We have a large koi pond and it would be
nearly impossible to climb out of it. Would this put our koi at risk?
Dan