My friend said it’s keeping an animal in captivity in a cage and it’s wrong.
He was telling me that I’m its jail warden.
I said that it’s keeping my turtle safe and fed.
What am I to think?
He told me to set it off free and that it has natural instincts.
From what I’ve read/heard, a domesticated turtle can’t be set free because it doesn’t have the same survival skills of a wild turtle.
What should I do?
My turtle is a red-eared slider. I keep him in a container of water. I would really let him live on a pond, if it was possible.
I got him from those illegal sellers in Chinatown when I was 12.. I didn’t know back then that it was illegal and wrong. I’ve kept him for about 6 years now.
Now my friend is saying that I should set him free because it’s sick that I keep him. He said that if I bring my turtle with me to his place, he would set it free on the creek.
I just feel horrible and the way he said things, I’m pretty much feeling guilty.
He’s the only person who would make me feel bad…..