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Now before I get ripped on for taking him out of his natural habitat, I rescued him from a beyond disgusting trailer filled with beyond disgusting lice-ridden alcoholics with other neglected pets. I mean these people got their water shut off and their poor dogs had to drink pee out of the toilet. I had to use their bathroom (thankfully I made it out without contracting any diseases) and next to the sink was a tiny cereal bowl full of multi-colored slime. I looked closer and saw a little turtle head poking out of the slime and looking up at me. I was horrified and decided to take him. A week later one of their cats crawled out from under the bed and just died so they figured that it swallowed the turtle and died from it. It was already freezing outside so I figured he wouldn’t have a chance if I let him go. He was only the size of a quarter.

So I’ve had him for a little more than two years now. He’s getting bigger and bigger and I’m wondering if he would live if I let him go back into the wild. I really don’t want to give him to anyone because I won’t know how he’s being taken care of. And the nearest zoo (1 hour away) can’t even affort to pay its workers. They aren’t going to take my snapping turtle. It’s not a problem keeping him here right now but pretty soon I am going to have a pool in my kitchen and my Dad isn’t going to like that. So would he be able to live in the wild? I’m thinking not, because he doesn’t have basic survival skills. If he was born with they’ve been pampered right out of him. Am I right or would he be just fine like everyone is telling me?
If he won’t be able to survive then I am for sure keeping him, don’t worry about that. I’ll just have to figure things out as far as what to keep him in as he grows.

Now before I get ripped on for taking him out of his natural habitat, I rescued him from a beyond disgusting trailer filled with beyond disgusting lice-ridden alcoholics with other neglected pets. I mean these people got their water shut off and their poor dogs had to drink pee out of the toilet. I had to use their bathroom (thankfully I made it out without contracting any diseases) and next to the sink was a tiny cereal bowl full of multi-colored slime. I looked closer and saw a little turtle head poking out of the slime and looking up at me. I was horrified and decided to take him. A week later one of their cats crawled out from under the bed and just died so they figured that it swallowed the turtle and died from it. It was already freezing outside so I figured he wouldn’t have a chance if I let him go. He was only the size of a quarter.

So I’ve had him for a little more than two years now. He’s getting bigger and bigger and I’m wondering if he would live if I let him go back into the wild. I really don’t want to give him to anyone because I won’t know how he’s being taken care of. And the nearest zoo (1 hour away) can’t even affort to pay its workers. They aren’t going to take my snapping turtle. It’s not a problem keeping him here right now but pretty soon I am going to have a pool in my kitchen and my Dad isn’t going to like that. So would he be able to live in the wild? I’m thinking not, because he doesn’t have basic survival skills. If he was born with they’ve been pampered right out of him. Am I right or would he be just fine like everyone is telling me?
If he won’t be able to survive then I am for sure keeping him, don’t worry about that. I’ll just have to figure things out as far as what to keep him in as he grows.