Found a baby snapper at work, few pics.

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I am planning to keep it for the long haul. This is the first time I gave him feeders too. Just wanted to see Will....bite some ass lol. I usually give him turtle sticks and I think he is eating some of the plants (should be) because I can kinda see it in his poop. I plan to get more different stuff for him to eat.
 
they go for 40.00 for smaller than that at the lfs.
 
NOLAGT;2001010; said:
I am planning to keep it for the long haul. This is the first time I gave him feeders too. Just wanted to see Will....bite some ass lol. I usually give him turtle sticks and I think he is eating some of the plants (should be) because I can kinda see it in his poop. I plan to get more different stuff for him to eat.

Not a bad idea, they probably have a very varied diet naturally.
 
NOLAGT;2001010; said:
I am planning to keep it for the long haul. This is the first time I gave him feeders too. Just wanted to see Will....bite some ass lol. I usually give him turtle sticks and I think he is eating some of the plants (should be) because I can kinda see it in his poop. I plan to get more different stuff for him to eat.
Ok but make shure they are healty, dont use gold fish and make shure to keep is diet diverse with loots of other stuff. Good feeders: tilapia ,mosquito fish ,guppies,minows,etc. Gutload them first also:D
 
They will eat just about anything

Fish, bugs, small mammals, frogs and tadpoles, snakes, salamanders, all sorts of plant matter have all been found to be in a wild turtles diet i've even heard of large turtles eating smaller ones if it moves or looks good a snapper will eat it

Be sure it does have some type of plant matter in its diet try blanched lettuce
 
Cool shot I took this morning...I still have it in the 10gal by the window so there was some sun rays shimmering. He is growing nicely!

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he is so cute... i had mine a few years.... i miss him... snappers are very sweet... you handle them right theres no problems..mine loved arowana pellets and don't forget to give him his veggies ... i do not remenber what age i started giving him zukes,zucchini and carrots but oboy once he discovered he liked them he really liked them... also lettuce...etc
 
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