I am living in a condo & i have to move out pretty soon, so i have to release my pet (Red Eared Slider) turtle somewhere so i think of releasing it in the pond near my condo since it got many turtles & all of them are RES. As i put my turtle in the pond one of them bite at my turtle’s neck & since other turtles were coming in i have to take my pet out of the pond immediately. I don’t know why the pond turtle bit my pet but the local pet shop says it has to do with me cleaning off the slime coating off my turtle’s shell with a brush.

I don’t know whether that makes sense or not but please i need a solution to prevent this from happening.

I’m moving to New York from California, and I would like to take my pet turtles with me but I don’t know if that is possible. Does anyone know what i need to be able to take them on board with me? What do I need to do?