Baby North American Alligator Snapping Turtle

[Potts050]

The snapper me and my friend caught...he gave to me SO NOW I GOTS AN ALLIGATOR SNAPPER

How are you making out with your new Alligator Snapper?
Got any pics?

 

[Tylervsmith]

hes doin good as you can see

 

[Potts050]

That is awsome!
What and how much food are giving him?

 

[Tylervsmith]

he gets crawdads. minnows. and lil perch and lil bass....



anything i catch where i got him from....


and i just put everything i catch in his tank...it takes him a few days to get through it all......

 

[Potts050]

Is that an egglet or a yearling?
It looks a little bigger and somewhat lighter in colour than the one I had.

 

[Miguel]

This last turtle is not an alligator snapping turtle. It is a Chelidra Serpentina, much more dangerous than the alligator because this one is an active hunter as opposed to the alligator who is an ambush hunter.

Chelidra Serpentina's also grow vey fast , opposed to Alligators ( who get bigger but take ages to get there )..

M

 

[Zoodiver]

Agreed, that is not an alligator snapper.

 

[Potts050]

How large a tank would you need to keep one happy and healthy?
Do they have any social requirements?

 

[Tylervsmith]

so mine is not an alligator snapper?

 

[Miguel]

No my friend. Yours is a Common Snapper, aka Chelidra Serpentina. A much more complicated beast to maintain considering that it is an active hunter ( and your hand is prey ). Chelidra even catch duck and geese at the surface of lakes and pull them down, eating them.....You should keep it in a pond. The size yours is will allow it to leave for quitre some time in a good sized tank..I had one for 2 years in a 1,5 metres long tank....

G luck

M