Ya im about 99% sure its 4". I was at a petco the other day in DE and saw they had some that looked a little smaller then 4". I wonder if they have different laws. Petco also had a tank of SA CA cichlids that were labled native to the US. And as far as I know in PA it isnt legal to sell native fish at pet stores?
My snapping turtle
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Ok some points for us to argue about here
First of was taking this wild baby snapper into captivity the correct thing to do? Yes and no. In the wild this snapper would have a very slim chance to reach adulthood, however THAT IS HOW IT IS SUPOSSE TO BE! Thats why snappers have so many hatchlings at the same time and many animals depend on them as food sorce to survive. Unless there was aded human pressure there was really no reason to remove him, snappers are readly avaible from cb sources. And your not "helping to save a species" by keeping your snapper to a ripe old age in a pet non reproductive conditon, by start comon snappers are not endangered (yet) and if he or she cant contribute to its gene pool how good is that? But Im not blaming you, beleave me, Im a herp keeper and I can sertainly understend the apeal of a baby turtle, so cute and yet so helpless
You can however make up for what you did "wrong" wich is hardly wrong and probably its one of the most constructive ways a person can interact with a turtle by at the very least contribute to the turtle cause, you know, once your pet is big and inpressive, wich wont take long, you could use him to educate people about turtles and their conservation. If you have the space you could in time get him a oposite sex parter from THE SAME AREA you got him from and if they bred you could release the offspring back, now that would be conservation
First of was taking this wild baby snapper into captivity the correct thing to do? Yes and no. In the wild this snapper would have a very slim chance to reach adulthood, however THAT IS HOW IT IS SUPOSSE TO BE! Thats why snappers have so many hatchlings at the same time and many animals depend on them as food sorce to survive. Unless there was aded human pressure there was really no reason to remove him, snappers are readly avaible from cb sources. And your not "helping to save a species" by keeping your snapper to a ripe old age in a pet non reproductive conditon, by start comon snappers are not endangered (yet) and if he or she cant contribute to its gene pool how good is that? But Im not blaming you, beleave me, Im a herp keeper and I can sertainly understend the apeal of a baby turtle, so cute and yet so helpless You can however make up for what you did "wrong" wich is hardly wrong and probably its one of the most constructive ways a person can interact with a turtle by at the very least contribute to the turtle cause, you know, once your pet is big and inpressive, wich wont take long, you could use him to educate people about turtles and their conservation. If you have the space you could in time get him a oposite sex parter from THE SAME AREA you got him from and if they bred you could release the offspring back, now that would be conservationI understand what your saying about taking from the wild being a good and bad thing. My intention wasnt to "save" him. My sis found her and gave her to me. Im just gonna take care of her and maybe someday do the breeding thing and would love to educate people on these great animals.
Why would it be important to collect a mating partner from the same area that this one came from?
krichardson;3650122; said:
Ya im curious about that too? Wouldnt a partner from another area be better just so that there is even less of a chance inbreeding would occur?
Never gave reptile inbreeding much thought but I'm just curious about the mates place of origin.yayfish24;3650276; said:
I wouldn't worry too much about the possibilities of breeding them unless you plan on digging a pond in your back yard with extra space for them to come out and lay eggs. You'll be much happier with a common snapper as they are much more active, but require a larger tank.
I noticed that mine went from being semi-friendly to you don't want to put your hand in front of its face, around 6" shell length. I only handle mine during water changes for the most part, and it's not that mean towards me, but when I had a friend take care of him while I was at school he didn't like me one bit.
Truthfully it's best to get snappers young, not only so they can get used to you, but so you can get used to them. I've caught a few snappers since I've owned my "little one" that have almost wore me out. The biggest one cut my finger against it's shell by the force of it's hind legs
I noticed that mine went from being semi-friendly to you don't want to put your hand in front of its face, around 6" shell length. I only handle mine during water changes for the most part, and it's not that mean towards me, but when I had a friend take care of him while I was at school he didn't like me one bit.
Truthfully it's best to get snappers young, not only so they can get used to you, but so you can get used to them. I've caught a few snappers since I've owned my "little one" that have almost wore me out. The biggest one cut my finger against it's shell by the force of it's hind legs
syddakyd;3654155; said:
It sucks seeing animals disappear from the wild. Im not sure if any of you guys saw this video but its very sad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR3Z4p5hspI
How do you post so the video is right here? I tried the embeded code but it didnt appear.
