i used to have a huge plastic lizard collection from the san diego zo theyd always have different species of turtle or snake or lizard as a plastic toy but also i did have a red ear slider and i had to give it to a turtle farm which i did go visit it was real and my turtle got healthier and was adopted by some big mansions pond that needed some turtles, and yeah m pet turtle stephanie (named after my chinese friend neighbor whose doctor parents were training here and had to give up his second turtle , i got the turtle and it was a hassle i remember as a kid having to change its water every like week or so it was crazy and i had to feed the turtle cuts of beef because that's what my friend was feeding it lol and it wouldnt eat anything else whatever it was crazy it got a soft shell so i gave it to a place where this guy had a bunch of turtles eve confiscated galapagos that the city took away from people who illegal had them and so this guy has the only permits besides the zoo to have the galapagos tortoises and it was crazy this guy rehabbed the turtle and i saw the tanks myself full of red ear sliders that were all gonna go to big ponds etc , its nice that they have places to go and that people want turtles in their ponds when they create new ones out in the desert