do what u want brother, if u wanna keep it keep it. im sure if u want advice on snappers u can get it. i dont think u asked if u should keep it or not, u asked what it takes to keep it.
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yeah maybe so, but when animal welfare comes into it mate.. your question IS going to get answered. He said 'WHAT DO I NEED TO CARE FOR IT' and basically, he does'nt have what it needs so should return it!! I would say thats pretty much answering the question 
Jessica Dring;948933; said:yeah maybe so, but when animal welfare comes into it mate.. your question IS going to get answered. He said 'WHAT DO I NEED TO CARE FOR IT' and basically, he does'nt have what it needs so should return it!! I would say thats pretty much answering the question
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Jessica Dring;948872; said:I just want to put my input in this. Firstly I dont agree with wild caught anything but I wanna know what right you think you have taking an animal who has alot of space in the wild.. then dumping it in a 10 gallon?This animal was not in danger (if there were truely others living there like you said) and just because it is not endangered does not give you the right to take an animal you obiously can't care for (at least till you have more money to buy the ideal supplies!) What are you going to do when this thing gets too big for any tank? You gonna have the money to run a pond? And don't be thinking you can just realise it when it gets to big.. anything can upset the balance of nature in an area.. and I belive this will. Not only will he be used to having food (dead might I add) thrown infront of him, he wont be used to interaction with other turtles, predators etc. You really can't just throw him back where you found him once you've 'acclimatised' him, and you can't load him off on your teacher for three reasons 1) would your teacher have the pond and accessories to keep this animal? 2) does your teacher actually WANT to keep it and KNOW about you loading it off when its too big? and 3) its just downright irresponsible, and anybody showing these traits and attitudes IMO shouldn't keep a snail! Nobody would have had a go at you about this, if you had left it there, got your supplies THEN took it home (when I think they're being pretty reasonable about the whole WC thing). Just my opinion, sorry if it offends.
do you realize how many fish and herps are wild caught and floating around the pet trade. maybe people should think about this before they spout off. sure many are captive bread, but they still are all from wild origin. cut the kid some slack.
I think YOU should get YOUR facts straight before saying anything to be honest. The only pets I have, are captive bred and have been for decades maybe centuries! At this point, you have taken just about all of the wildness (that you can take out) of these animals and they know no different. Tell me how a specially morphed (that you can't find in the wild.. hmmm.. maybe you should think about that one) corn snake knows any different when even its ancestors don't! The difference is this animal WAS in the wild and was TOOK from the wild (which could well be illegal anyway!) and was not even acclimatised in the right way anyway! It was dumped in a ten gallon tank! The point of what I said was.. he could NOT care for it when he took it from the wild, which is the real point and worse than simply taking an animal from the wild! I make sure absolutely NONE of my stock has seen the wild for along time in their family tree mate.. so maybe YOU should think about that before YOU spout off eh? 
Oh yeah and actually here in the UK many are simply bred (not bread ) in captivity and then imported.. not took from the wild..
Oh yeah and actually here in the UK many are simply bred (not bread ) in captivity and then imported.. not took from the wild..I don't have problem with wild-caught as long it is for the purpose of breeding. A lot of breeders do it with corn snakes to bring bak the Okatee or wild morphs back into the blood. However if it is sololy to be kept as a pet, I don't agree with that, which is why I am starting to invest in Australian herptiles at the moment.
Either way, there is nothing stopping him from taking it home unless there is a law against it. I do agree that when we have a life that is dependent on us in our care, we should do everything within our power to give it the best care. A lot of people don't realize the level of care some of these guys need. Sure their needs are easy to remedy, however it is not in the foremost of many people's minds. In a lot of people's minds, a 10 gallon is a lot, but for the majority of animals in the pet trade it is rather self-limiting.
All I can say... if you can properly house an adult Snapper, then there is virtually nothing that can stop you from taking care of the rest of his or her needs by yourself.
Either way, there is nothing stopping him from taking it home unless there is a law against it. I do agree that when we have a life that is dependent on us in our care, we should do everything within our power to give it the best care. A lot of people don't realize the level of care some of these guys need. Sure their needs are easy to remedy, however it is not in the foremost of many people's minds. In a lot of people's minds, a 10 gallon is a lot, but for the majority of animals in the pet trade it is rather self-limiting.
All I can say... if you can properly house an adult Snapper, then there is virtually nothing that can stop you from taking care of the rest of his or her needs by yourself.
Jessica Dring;949570; said:The difference is this animal WAS in the wild and was TOOK from the wild (which could well be illegal anyway!) and was not even acclimatised in the right way anyway!QUOTE]
he may have been TOOK from the wild, but i think he was taken from the wild
i never said your animals were wild. i said many are wild caught. and snapping turtles are very much legal to harvest here. in fact thousands are killed and eaten each year. get your facts straight.
