new pics of my alligator snapping turtle

[phantoms]

well, its been a yr since i had some new pics. my mom took them while i held him so they arent the greatest. yep, thats me. some background info. i bought the little guy when he was the size of a 50 cent piece back in may 2000. he grew 4 inches a yr for the first 3 yrs and has since slowed down. he is between 16-18 inches in shell length now as he has been the last 2-3 yrs. im guessing he is about 8.5 yrs old now(8 yrs i have had him in may 2008). he is heavy!!!! im guessing 30-40 pounds. maybe bigger. (im better at estimating length not wieght though)

 

[Gourami Swami]

Hes a beauty, is he agressive to you at all?

 

[lilfats2]

he looks ready to F! u up lol

 

[Nic]

i cant wait till mine gets that big its about 10" shell now......... great ali snapper....

 

[phantoms]

hes not to bad. you pick him up and he just sits still while you are holding it with his mouth open. way more calm then the commons i have held. i did try to set him down and hold a yard stick on his back for size comparison, but he actually was turning around and chasing me!!!! lol. he has never done that before. this summer i will have to take him outside on the grass. i can get way better pics then.

 

[---XR---]

hes not to bad. you pick him up and he just sits still while you are holding it with his mouth open. way more calm then the commons i have held. i did try to set him down and hold a yard stick on his back for size comparison, but he actually was turning around and chasing me!!!! lol. he has never done that before. this summer i will have to take him outside on the grass. i can get way better pics then.

i have had experience with commons before, not the nicest bunch of turtles.
i'm guessing the stock tank is his.

 

[phantoms]

correct, its a 300 gallon stock tank by rubbermaid. i use an 800 watt titanium heater to keep the water in the upper 70s to low 80s. i use a pondmaster1250 for filtration. i also have a small eheim ( it think rated for 40 gallons) for water flow over heater.

 

[Vicious_Fish]

Nice snapper! I sure wish I had the space to keep one of those guys.

 

[Death Pony]

Common snappers are a lot more active, no question. That's a big turtle!!!!!! He's still got a lot more growing to do too!!!!

 

[SimonL]

Amazing...although it makes me want to feed mine less lol