Hi all! So I recently adopted a little yellow bellied slider of my very own and he is living peacefully with his goldfish friends in his clean tank.
HOWEVER, this week, I went to a relative's house here in Florida and saw a wild turtle swimming in their abandoned green pool. The water level is still pretty high in the pool, but the water looks very thick and there are two dead frogs floating in it. Since it's a relative's pool and they know I just got a turtle, they were all "if you can catch him, you can rescue him." They have no plans to clean out the pool this year and the ledge is too high for the turtle to get out on his own (he's about 9 inches in length and the pool's ledge is about 12 inches from the water's surface). The only way it can bask is by climbing onto the pool stairs and as the water continues to dry up, I don't think he'll be able to climb onto those much longer. It's also very scared of humans and just dives into the deep end when I come near.
I have also tried feeding it when I go by what I have on hand, including little dried shrimp pieces, bloodworms, and Reptomin floating sticks. I haven't seen it eat while I visit and it's shell looks completely grey/white. He looks like a slider to me, but not 100% sure. I'm just not sure how to go about catching him without hurting him or what to do, really. All suggestions welcome, THANK YOU!