Found a baby snapper at work, few pics.

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NOLAGT;1978639; said:
Can the water be too deep for snappers? I still have mine in its 10gal and put in a new filter...this new filter is tall so I have the water high like 2/3's in the 10gal. So the snapper has to swim to get air...but hes not a good swimmer (at least I think so)

So is it ok...are they just clumsy swimmers?
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Nope the water really can't be too deep in a 10 gallon there great swimmers and as you can see have very long necks they have some trouble swimming in shallow water as its not deep enough for them to actually try and when they do try the reach the surface right away which makes them look clumsy. often times when the water is not too high they will stand on there back legs with there neck stretched out to breath just make sure that if the water is deep that they have something to climb onto to rest and to bask common snappers are also very good climbers
 
Cool

The same thing happened to me only we found 12 river cooters instead of 1 snapper
 
bluerat313;1987686; said:
Cool

The same thing happened to me only we found 12 river cooters instead of 1 snapper
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Cooters make owesame pets:D
 
Ok I have another question. I have him in a temp tank in my office at work....and he is by the window. I am getting algae all over the shell and I plan to scrub it with a tooth brush...but he is also getting a little on his head it looks like. Never had a turtle get it there...I am guessing that is normal?

Also his shell seems to be shedding....turtles I have had in the past shed one whole scute at a time. His seem to be flaking off in parts. Is this how snappers do it? Does it take a while...seems to be doing this for most of the time I had it. Will it do it constantly on smaller snappers since they grow so fast?


EDIT: Did some googleing and found that yep it is normal for it to shed like it is doing. One thing I read a few times was water depth....I read you should have it so they can get air while resting....if you make them swim a lot to get air they can drown. So I will lower the water level a little in my tank....
 
killerfish;1979778; said:
When larger the males will keep there armor like shell pattern and will be greenish to drown while the females will turn to a blacker color and have a smoother shell which will still have sections in it but they will be smooth not bumpy like it looks now

not sure how to sex them when there young
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Actually there really is no good way to sex adult animals unless you have the two sexes side by side. Snappers can come in all shades of browns as well as olive, gray and black so color is not a good way to sex them either. Usually older animals have smoother shells from wearing them down over the years. In most cases, the males are bigger, have larger heads and longer, thicker tails with the vent opening beyond the edge of the charapace. Like I said it's easier to compare when you have both the sexes in front of you for comparison.
 
Vicious_Fish;1988444; said:
Actually there really is no good way to sex adult animals unless you have the two sexes side by side. Snappers can come in all shades of browns as well as olive, gray and black so color is not a good way to sex them either. Usually older animals have smoother shells from wearing them down over the years. In most cases, the males are bigger, have larger heads and longer, thicker tails with the vent opening beyond the edge of the charapace. Like I said it's easier to compare when you have both the sexes in front of you for comparison.
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Yeah your Def right i see large pairs by my house every once in a while and i see suttle differences in them males are bigger and tend to have longer tails but looking at a single turtle its very hard to sex it
 
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