A couple of days ago, my daughter, called me at work and was laughing so hard. She said there was a Red Ear Slider in my pond. She bought him by my office and he was huge!! No wonder she was laughing. Almost the size of a dinner plate!! So she took him to a park and put him in the big lake. I didn't know they could get that big.

Yes, they can get pretty big. I'm guessing you didn't want him to dine in your pond. Turtles are territorial and try to walk home so, when moving one, it's best to choose a location close to where they were found.

Oh my gosh, Robyn.....we didn't know that. This park must be about 10 miles from our house. She thought she was doing the best thing for him. Oh, now I will worry about him!!

Hopefully, he'll be okay. They've tracked released turtles, and they often try to walk home but, if the new place is great, maybe he'll stay. I don't think the traveling is definite. If he does walk home, he could show up again but it may take him a year if he can avoid traffic and people. Stranger things have happened. I know that rehabbed box turtles can't be released because they will just try to walk home but with red-eared sliders, the homing instinct is not as strong.

Thanks for the encouragement, Robyn!! I would hate for something to happen to him. I saw a turtle in the road on my way to work the other day. Thankfully the cars were dodging him. So I turned around, stopped traffic and moved him off of the road. I have heard to move them in the direction they are headed or else they will be out in the road again.

Yes, it's good to move turtles off the road and in the direction they were headed. Small turtles won't put up a fight but big ones can bite so be careful.