Okay I've seen baby turtles for sale under the 4" mark but read that you can't sell or buy them if it's under 4". It says only for educational research so I'm confused. So what's is it?
This. I remember back in the day I wanted RES so bad, and I wasn't allowed to buy them for that exact reason. It was a human age restriction back then, not the turtle size restriction it is now.^Yep,the small turtles are not to be bought as pets.It's due to salmonella concerns as I understand it with the thinking that the small turtles appeal to young children who may not properly care for the turtles thus possibly making way for infection from the disease.
Oddly,and sadly there are people who walk around here selling the little hatchlings.I am not sure where they get them from but I have been seeing them the past few summers with the hapless hatchlings in little plastic containers.This. I remember back in the day I wanted RES so bad, and I wasn't allowed to buy them for that exact reason. It was a human age restriction back then, not the turtle size restriction it is now.
I feel like that HAS to be illegal in our state.Oddly,and sadly there are people who walk around here selling the little hatchlings.I am not sure where they get them from but I have been seeing them the past few summers with the hapless hatchlings in little plastic containers.
Oh yeah it has to be but no one seems to want to be bothered with it.I once spotted a guy with a cart that had about twenty turtles in the little containers and he was trying to sell them for ten bucks each.I feel like that HAS to be illegal in our state.