We are the temporary care givers for a baby alligator snapping turtle, his shell is about 3 inches right now.
Our plan is to keep him through the winter and then release him into a friends large pond area in the spring. An aquantaince of ours had him and didn't have the room or time to care for him, and I hate to let him in the cold.
He is in a 40 breeder with rocks and driftwood he can crawl out on and about 5 inches of water. I also have a homemade filter with tons of media that I made with a powerhead, and an airfilter in a tube with filter floss to help aerate and add more filtration.
I also added a basking spot light and a Reptisun 5.o for him.
He wanted nothing to do with any turtle sticks so we put a few young guppies in the tank for him and all 4 were gone within an hour or so.
How often should we give him feeders, and am I missing anything in his set-up?
Our plan is to keep him through the winter and then release him into a friends large pond area in the spring. An aquantaince of ours had him and didn't have the room or time to care for him, and I hate to let him in the cold.
He is in a 40 breeder with rocks and driftwood he can crawl out on and about 5 inches of water. I also have a homemade filter with tons of media that I made with a powerhead, and an airfilter in a tube with filter floss to help aerate and add more filtration.
I also added a basking spot light and a Reptisun 5.o for him.
He wanted nothing to do with any turtle sticks so we put a few young guppies in the tank for him and all 4 were gone within an hour or so.
How often should we give him feeders, and am I missing anything in his set-up?
