Hi there new here just want to say hi ? I am hoping to meet other people that can help me with my alligator snapping turtle. One was given to my dad and we don’t know how old but it’s about a foot long not small and he has no idea how to take care of one. Can anyone help with how to take care of an alligator snapping turtle?
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- Thread starter Koorius_G
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Welcome aboard
Hope the link below helps until members chime in with their experience with the Alligator Snapping Turtle.
https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/alligator-snapping-turtle.664955/
Welcome to the forum!
Maybe
headbanger_jib
knows some stuff about them.
Maybe
headbanger_jib
knows some stuff about them.Howdy, know how to move one but that's about it. Welcome to the forum.
Thanks everyone! Because my AST is about a foot in size how old would that make it? I’ll try to attach a pic
Notoriously difficult to age. It's a function of habitat, metabolism, gender, diet among other things. There may be a way to tell from the growth of the scutes and the carapace but I don't know it if there is.
At 12" carapace length yours is just now reaching "adulthood" for an AST, but still very young, maybe 20-30 years.
