Hello, I have a 5 inch common snapper that i want to uprade to a 300 gallon rubber maid tub that i have. I want to make it in the ground with land all around it so i want to fill it to the top wich is about 25 inches of water, is 25 inches of water to much? there would be lots of driftwood and things for him to climb on and take a breather there would also be about 6 inches of mud for him to burry in and whould be the best dirt for mud to put on the bottom of the pond? i dont care if its murky or not. and He was never raised eating water plants. so would he eat all the plants i want to put in there? I want lilies,cattails,umbrella palm, anachris( i dont care if he eats those), water lettuce, water hyatch((sp?)). so would he eat all those?Thanks.
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There is a chance it would eat plants. I had an ally snapper that chowed down on about 8 water hyacincth I was trying to winter over in her tank.
I would say a constant 25" of depth would be too much for a turtle that size. If half of it sloped up with a ramp of some sort so it was really easy for it to climb up, it would probably be fine.
I would say a constant 25" of depth would be too much for a turtle that size. If half of it sloped up with a ramp of some sort so it was really easy for it to climb up, it would probably be fine.
I kept my common snapper in a 20g long till he was about that big, then we upgraded to a rubbermaid. they are pretty good escape artists too, so if you don't want him getting out into your yard, either put a 2ft tall fence up, half in the ground (they can dig well when they want to) or lower your water line a few inches so he can't pull himself up. Remember that these guys get really big too, so be sure you're going to be his forever home.
hey brella, do you have pics. of your habitat? Im going to put a fence of and dig it down ect.... But pics. of your tub would be great.
Have you had this snapper since it was a hatchling? If it's a wild caught, it will probably not stay in the pond for long. They have fantastic homing instincts and will try to go back to their home waters if they can. I'd definitely put a fence around the pond. I agree with sploke, 25" is kind of deep. Stack some flat rocks so it can easily rest near the surface to get air without having to swim if it wants to. You'd be surprised how much vegetation these guys eat in the wild so yes, your plants might get nibbled. When I kept snappers they always seemed to enjoy eating water lettuce. It usually spreads faster than it gets eaten.
Hey, I got this turtle from turtlesale.com s a juvanile common snapper turtle.its about 5 inches now.Yes there is going to be a fence around it. I dont care if he eats the water lettuce and hyantch((sp?)) thats why im going to put them in there, but as for the more expensive plants i wouldnt want him eating those. And i have a spare tupper ware container that im going to propagate the watter leuce and other floating plants so i will have a readilly available supply.Kepp the suggestings comming!
25" is fine if you have a area that goes up to a incline by the surface like others said. And the fence ya. years ago I had 2 of them, outside in a wading pool with a metal wire fence around. It was a few days before they somehow got out. They didnt dig, nothing just vanished. I dont know where one went, but I beleive I saw the carcass of the other in the road a week later.
I don't. I never got to getting her a dedicated pond, Mine died of some kind of tumor that was growing in her neck, it affected her eating, then she stopped totally and because of it's location and how reptiles react under anesthisa I decided to let her go to the big pond in the sky, but I'd say within the year i had her she was about 9 inches across, though I assume she was a lot smaller than she would have been if she hadn't been sick. The only pic I still have of her:
25" shouldnt be a problem if there is an incline.
It will likely eat most of your plants.]
The fence is a great idea make sure some of it is dug in though.
It will likely eat most of your plants.]
The fence is a great idea make sure some of it is dug in though.