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sgf-guy t1_iryu0y3 wrote

If you relocate a turtle, try and do it in less than a one square mile area. There is reason to believe turtles have a mechanism, perhaps magnetic field detection, to know how to traverse their individual range…which based on tagging is largely an area of a couple miles square. It is believed that if a turtle is moved from its home area, the turtle can become “lost” in effect. This is a prime time for turtles who are both trying to stay warm and find a safe spot to burrow underground for the upcoming winter.

Not faulting OP for moving it quite a ways away, seems like the logical solution to most people…but it’s actually just best to help it keep going whatever direction it’s headed but out of immediate danger like cars…even it’s just a nearby yard. If you happen to know a woods or clearing a -few- blocks away that’s ok.

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T8RTheSalad OP t1_is298bs wrote

Well, shit. Good to know for next time. I'd always been told get them to a better habitat so they don't get runover if they pop up in a place you wouldn't normally see them. My bad.

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