Water Gardening: turtles for my pond, 1 by

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Here are a bunch of red eared sliders down at Huntington Gardens. I think these turtles are native to most of the U.S. I know they have them in Tennessee, so I would be surprised if you don't have them, too.
A pair would be a good idea, Katy. They are so cute! And the baby ones are REALLY cute!. These are the ones they used to sell in the pet stores when I was a kid, you, too, Katy. And they would sell little plastic islands for them to live on, complete with plastic palm tree. I always wanted one, but no way would my mom have it. She said they carried diseases, and then, unfortunately, she turned out to be right. But, of course, my mom always thought every animal I ever wanted would carry disease. LOL!