I've got a year to think about this...

I'm in a pickle. If these turtles breed, I'll HAVE to incubate the eggs... if they hatch, what then? Turtles lay eggs up to 4 times a season and lay like 7-10 eggs. What do I do with that many baby turtles? In a controlled environment, most of them would surely hatch. I'll have to throw money down for another tank, an incubator and a nesting area, not to mention rig it to the current tank so Wendy O. can get to it.

I was hoping captivity and not hibernating would turn them off to mating, but these turtles seem determined to do the reptile boogie.

I wonder if it is viable to keep the hatchlings until they are a certain length and then release them into the wild? I don't see why not, the fact their parents are adapted to captivity doesn't mean the instinct to survive is gone... I'll ask a professor.

I wonder if this stress is what the parent of a pregnant teenager feels?

I don't see selling the animals as an easy solution. I'd first have to do research into what kind of laws there are as far as distributing turtles goes, as well as how to find potential customers. Clearly, I'd do it on the internet. A Diamondback Terrapin isn't a kitten, it needs a lot of specific care, I wouldn't sell to just any random person unless I knew they were determined to give the turtle everything it absolutely needs.

Even if I did sell to any interested party, I'm still going to have a FUCKING SHITLOAD of baby turtles in limbo. I still have a year to think about this...