Alligator snapping turtle

[syddakyd]

imprint? only thing turtles do is recognize the food source and respond accordingly

 

[Tigershark]

imprint? only thing turtles do is recognize the food source and respond accordingly

Yes i am learning this. Seems to be realizing I am a food source.

 

[krichardson]

Yes i am learning this. Seems to be realizing I am a food source.

What have you gotten it to eat at this point?

 

[Tigershark]

What have you gotten it to eat at this point?

Yes John Richards at Loggerhead Turtle Farms has been great. Told me they are still living off the yolk sack for a bit. Once they open their mouth an lure with their tongue they are ready to hunt. Took a few weeks but started eating minnows and molly

 

[krichardson]

Yes John Richards at Loggerhead Turtle Farms has been great. Told me they are still living off the yolk sack for a bit. Once they open their mouth an lure with their tongue they are ready to hunt. Took a few weeks but started eating minnows and molly

Great,ever try earthworms?

 

[Tigershark]

Great,ever try earthworms?

No not yet.

 

[Boomer1224]

how big will this turtle get?

 

[Tigershark]

how big will this turtle get?

Around 40 pounds. Eventually we will move him out to a pond in a few years.