Other pets (pics and discussions)

[jwolfe152]

I found this little bugger walking down an ATV trail in a little puddle with barely enough water to cover it so i grabbed it up because of all the raccoons. i couldn't let it get eaten. hell the shell is not even fully hard from what i can tell.

but before i do anything long term im going to look into care for it and all make sure i can get something big enough for it to do its thing.

if anyone could suggest a forum or a site with a care sheet that would be awsome.

[jwolfe152]

damn i forgot pics

[guidofatherof5]

Sweet little shelled monster. A very special animal.
I would love to help, also checkout this website.
Home - CSI

[jwolfe152]

what i have read from google its a she and around 1yr old. im just going by the tail where the cloaca is compared to the length and girth for the sex and the age im going by how big her carapace is which is exactly 2' and looks like its furry so she is growing.

i got her in the first tank i had Ekoh in with the water deep enough to stick her head out to her eyes. i threw in a fresh night crawler i got last night and she gobbled the 2 halves up except for about an inch which she clawed at(i think to rip it) so i cut it and she swallowed what she had and left the inch. so she is doing good.

i couldn't believe where i found her or the fact she would have made it that far from the river being that small.

[guidofatherof5]

I think trying to sex her at this age is just guessing. I thought for the longest time that my Tank was a girl. It wasn't until he matured that I knew for sure he's a he.

[mikem]

Occasionally my breeders will pop out some cute babies. I hold them back

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[jwolfe152]

ok well im going to get a few more pics of "buuger" (thats its name till i think of something else thats just the first thing i said when i seen it "whats that little bugger doing in a puddle?") i think the tank is fine but i will just post a few pics anyways

Occasionally my breeders will pop out some cute babies. I hold them back

they almost look like twins with the head markings

[jwolfe152]

here is the best tank pic i could get really bad lighting and a crappy phone camera


there in the bottom right you can see buggers nose and eyes poking out

and some edited pictures for photobucket trying out the effects and stuff






i know this isnt a pet but this is the main reason i went out today

[guidofatherof5]

Very nice common snapper - Chelydra serpentina.
Those smaller rocks can be ingested during feeding so it might be a good idea to remove them.

[jwolfe152]

ok because i do plan on feeding Bugger in that tank and just clean the water often so nothing gets funky. i've seen places talking about cleaning the shell with a soft old toothbrush would that actually hurt anything with the shell shedding, as in pulling off more skin than should be and opening something up to fungus or bacteria?