General Care Discussion :: found a full grown res on the road

[dekabreak1000]

she was about to get run over but i picked her up and brought her with me and put her with my other res im thinking that she might have once been somebodies pet except for the shell being dirty its in very good condition no scratches or signs of damage as such im going to have to get a far larger aquarium is a 60 gallon big enough for a full grown and a small 4 incher and is there anything i should know about introducing a full grown possibly wild turtle into my current set up

[steve]

If she were wild and away from her pond, she might have been looking to nest or something has happened to her pond. Since wild turtles can carry a different set of diseases and parasites, it's best to get her back into the wild. It's probably illegal to take wild turtles as well, so you will want to check with local laws too.