I would like to but there are too many laws regarding their possesion to wade through so i prefer to leave them where they are and hope that no one finds them. They are neat turtles but a prime species for over exploitation as are most all turtle species. I'm more of a snapping turtle person.
i keep them i have 5 of them they are in a bog pond lots of moss and plants with a sandy soil land base great turtles i was breeding them to release back in the wild. bog turtles are my next goal. there are many places were they used to be but because of people they are not there anymore so i want to breed them to release i have spoke to a few members of F/W about this. now i just need to find them