Got a snapper today!

[Vicious_Fish]

Nice save Alex. I'd love to take him but I haven't the room at the moment. So can they sell native reptiles at pet stores in your state? That's a big no-no here in PA.

 

[Dan F]

Nice save Alex. I'd love to take him but I haven't the room at the moment. So can they sell native reptiles at pet stores in your state? That's a big no-no here in PA.

I was wondering about that. It's illegal in WI, too (WI snapper thread down the page a bit).

That Snapper is really lucky, you would hate to see it go to just anyone!

 

[andyjs]

In Ohio, we can sell RES, which are somewhat considered native though the wild breeding populations in Ohio are likely introduced from the pet trade. The only stipulation is that they must be microchipped and when sold, we record the buyers information in a file with each turtle's ID number. The same would probably go for other Ohio native species as well, but we don't carry any others. We also sell painteds, but the western subspecies not the Ohio-native midland subspecies

 

[Vicious_Fish]

Sounds like a big pain in the butt Andy.

 

[coura]

how can you say that it is an Osceola Coura? I see no sign of it...

Ya now that I take a second lock at it it doesant seem so osceola anymore I think I said that kind of instintively when I looked at the head, tail and shell. But realy there is no way to tell and be sure in thouse pics

 

[coura]

In Ohio, we can sell RES, which are somewhat considered native though the wild breeding populations in Ohio are likely introduced from the pet trade. The only stipulation is that they must be microchipped and when sold, we record the buyers information in a file with each turtle's ID number. The same would probably go for other Ohio native species as well, but we don't carry any others. We also sell painteds, but the western subspecies not the Ohio-native midland subspecies

Seems to me as overkill for a turtle that in most parts of the world is considered a shelled rat

 

[Death Pony]

If I had the space I'd take it. I saw some pretty big ones at the lake by my school the other day, they were so cool!!!