My baby snapper

dixienut said:
no not really it was I'm sure a fluke of nature but he was there over a high wall in a strip mine pond,..
people through their tired there to get rid if them and there were truck tire in there, and i saw a tire moving and it was a snapper,.. he had his very own giant lake with all the fish he wanted to eat and he couldn't get out and be hurt as where it was in the woods,.. so he just grew and grew,.. haven't been back there ia a few years,.. but I'm sure he was very old,..
and by the way i drive semis so i know what a semi tires is,.. just so you don't ask,..
i don't exaggerate unless i say its a joke,.. no joke here,..
most don't get that big because they are a risk if humans/or disease or other competition etc,.. but this guy was in Paradise,..
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Iv only seen ONE humungous snapping turtle, but that was at like some wildlife thing. Think was HUGE, I think they said it was like 100 years old (back in hs so hard to remember) but I know it was between 100-110yo, or as they said. Like the guy said, it was as big as a semi tire. I wish I remember where I saw it at, I would go see if it was still there and take pics.
 
Wow, he is super cute. I agree that they grow a lot faster then you think. I never had a problem feeding mine guppies (some might just become friends though), earth worms (when he is bigger), and turtle pellets. Since you have had him from a baby, then you will have to plan having him for the long run, I don't think he would know how to survive without you feeding him.
He will probably need a pond eventually, but these guys are so great at escaping. I had a big one once that escaped and had been ran over by a car in front of our house, so plan carefully.
 
Ya back in hs I had one for a few years. Put him outside in a pond for the summer, about a week later he was gone. Few days later found him run over in front of the house. Iv learned my lesson on putting them outside in a pond unless I made a 2' concrete underground wall around him.
 
Looks prehistoric to me....very cool
 
<-- Jealous, I hope to find one this spring/summer
 
Please do not take turtles from the wild, that is how species end up on the endangered list.

There are plenty of captive bred sources for snappers.

Kristina
 
I wont keep him long, just fatten him up a bit & let'em go near where I found'em..... would that be that bad....?
 
like the last one I found was on the side of the road (which I could've saved his life) & then gave him a few free cuisines...
 
Yes, that is bad. For one, they become dependent on you for food. They need to know how to hunt, especially the little ones. For two, many chelonians are very orientated to their exact living area, and removing them can be confusing, and that confusion can prove deadly. Three, if they are exposed to any pathogens while in captivity, it can infect the entire population.

Kristina
 
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