Found a turtle, now what?

[hoosierdoc]

Know what you're gonna get?

Salmonella, that's what.

huh,learn something new every day. Here I was taking laxatives and stool softeners when all I really needed to do was lick a turtle?

It would appear that you have mud on your turtle, sir.

Never knew that phrase before... now.

It happens.

Stop bragging.

 

[24Carat]

A mature Snapper can be frozen solid and it will still be alive when thawed out. Saw it happen at a lodge on Lake of the Woods in Ontario. A fishing guide caught a huge Snapper and the kitchen staff threw it in the walkin freezer. 3 months later they dropped it in the minnow tank to thaw it out for the chef and it ate every minnow in the tank !

 

[shibumiseeker]

It would appear that you have mud on your turtle, sir.

Actually, he has mud on his snapper...

 

[Trigger Time]

That's pretty cool! When he gets bigger he will bite a finger clean off

 

[hoosierdoc]

WTS: one tiny snapping turtle. If no takers today, curb alert tomorrow. Looks like they're a PITA when bigger.

 

[shibumiseeker]

WTS: one tiny snapping turtle. If no takers today, curb alert tomorrow. Looks like they're a PITA when bigger.

Reported for no picture in the ad. OP doesn't count.

 

[Mark-DuCo]

TURTLE SOUP TONIGHT!!!

That's the first thing that popped into my head, then came fried turtle.

 

[BiscuitNaBasket]

WTS: one tiny snapping turtle. If no takers today, curb alert tomorrow. Looks like they're a PITA when bigger.

That was fast. It'll be quite a while before he gets big.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

Thanks for the vote of confidence snapdragon

head as looked snapper to me but not very familiar with turtles, they hibernate??? Would it want a warming light if hibernating? Would like to keep as a pet for the boys. Shallow water dish with some sort of ramp?

If you want, you could keep him inside until spring, then let him go. If you want to keep him, any container of water that gives him room to swim around will be fine. Baby snappers don't usually like to sun themselves like painted turtles, but they do like a shallow area where they can stick their head out of the water.

He will probably not eat the lettuce, but he might. What he will love is nightcrawlers, worms, pre-killed minnows, crickets, and just about any other kind of bug that he could catch. He might even eat turtle food pellets. They are messy eaters and will require frequent tank-cleaning. One thing also, you don't have to feed him but once a week or so if it's a good meal.

Common snappers will sometimes lay eggs in the late summer and the young typically will over-winter in the nest and emerge in the spring. If you don't want to keep him, as others have said, wait till there's a nice day and put him in a pond or wetland.

And, no matter how much you feed him, I doubt he'd double in size before spring.

 

[printcraft]

Actually, he has mud on his snapper...

Sequence out of kilter.

 

[shibumiseeker]

Sequence out of kilter.

He has mud on his snapper under his kilt?

 

[printcraft]

He has mud on his snapper under his kilt?

Whatever inflates your bagpipe.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

I took in a red ear slider that had gotten a crack in the shell playing in traffic, and nursed it back to health. You think of turtles as slow, but I'd put a batch of minnows in there, and it was like a piranha frenzy; within less than a minute there would be a couple of heads and tails floating in the water. For a pet, I'd go for a box tortoise. Never had a slider bite me, but the tortoise is all safe and cute and all. This little guy might benefit from an overwinter in the house. You can find instructions online for a hibernation box, and you won't even have to mess with him.

 

[Fishersjohn48]

I like turtles

 

[printcraft]

I like turtles

Winner

/thread.

 

[One Shot One Kill]

Well.. while we're slightly off-topic, meet Tortuga! She's my lovely 20 year old red-eared slider.

Yeah, that's not a typo. I got her when I was about 3 years old... Somehow managed to keep her alive (with no snuck-in "replacements")

 

[bobbittle]

Care Sheet - Common Snapping Turtle

This isn't something to get into lightly.

 

[Fishersjohn48]

 

[hoosierdoc]

Care Sheet - Common Snapping Turtle

This isn't something to get into lightly.

That's why am selling it. It talked about having water filtration as a must.

 

[bobbittle]

That's why am selling it. It talked about having water filtration as a must.

It's illegal to sell it.

DNR: Turtles as Pets

You need to "donate" it for educational purposes.