Copyright by Valerie Haecky. This document may be freely distributed for non-profit use, provided this notice is included. They also are about the size of a silver dollar when sold. Raising baby turtles is not easy. Sliders are high-maintenance pets and if not given proper care they will get sick and die.
Many reptiles carry some salmonella.
If kept observing proper hygene, that is not a problem. But children would put the turtles in their mouth, and a number became sick. Once the government outlawed the sale of turtles under 4 inches size, reptile-associated Salmonellosis decreased dramatically. Many animals must be quaranteed. I baby turtle would surely die during the quarantine.