Mud turtle care
- Thread starter Mrs. Nicky
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I don't think mud/musk turtles have the type of shell that you described but snappers sure do.They grow large but very slowly.If you decide not to keep it hopefully you can return it near where you found it....if that is where such a turtle would normally be found.
Well he was on the sidewalk at my husbands job. There is a swamp near by. There is also a swamp near my house does it matter which one I take him to? I think I will grow him out a bit just to be sure he is actually a snapping turtle.
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When I first picked him up I did notice an odor. Do snapping turtles also give off an odor?
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The sidewalk is definitely not a good place for it lol.Either swampy location should be good enough for it to have a decent chance of living a while before some predator catches and eats it.I like the idea if keeping it at least til it gets a little bigger.
How does it compare to this one?
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How does it compare to this one?
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The shell is way off. My turtle shell is much smoother you can only feel small ridges. Also mine has webbed feet
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It looks very similar to siddons turtle. Mine even has the stripes on the face and the pattern on the shell is the same
In siddons pic I can even see a row of raised ridges that I felt on mine.
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