Snapping Turtles

yes cause i got 4 sub adults and one baby and they get along just fine- i got Florida snapping turtles and they are beast

They will eat anything that comes close enough to their mouth to snap at, including some things that might not be too good for them to eat.

In the wild they eat fish, birds, small mammals, insects, lizards, frogs/toads, plants, and just about anything else that gets too close.

In captivity, feed them turtle pellets from the pet store. This will give the turtle all the nutrients they need. For an occasional treat throw in crickets, meal worms, bloodworms, nightcrawlers, or small fish. I wouldn't feed them goldfish because they add a chemical at the fish farm to help the goldfish shine, and I doubt that it's good for the turtle to eat.

no, it is illegal.

maybe they live mostly every where were's there's water

Not really, its the life cycle. the fish breeds, the turtle eats some of the fish, the fish left breed more fish! its how life goes. an example might be.... the mama bug has baby bugs, the baby bugs grow up, the frog eats some of the bugs, the snake eats the frog, the snake dies. then the bugs left, have more bugs, and it happens all over again.

Baby snappers eat bugs, small fish, worms, lettuce, or just about anything they can fit in their mouths, so be careful where you keep them!

Well I had a baby snapping turtle and if you found him in a habitat then you should truly leave him if you care for him, but if you found him in a strange place alone then you should contact your local wildlife sanctuary they may take him. They usually eat the things above but if yours does not seem to eat like mine get him to the sanctuary FAST! Or force feed him because mine would not eat and it died the next day.

Get a book from your local library on care of snapping turtles. Call your wild fish and game department in you state and see if your even supposed to be messing with them in the first place then you can figure out what to feed them. Not the best idea to get them used to you if they are from the wild because it takes away there natural instincts to forrage for themselves and what happens when you no longer can care for them do they starve now. Do the right thing and check it out .

Yes. Turtles need a definite day/night cycle. It's best to put your lights on timers so that they turn on and off at the same time every day. They need 12 to 14 hours with no light each night.

I don't know how it would be expressed in foot pounds or "ergs", but I do know that an adult (24" carapace) snapping turtle can snap a broom handle in half with no problem - I have seen it myself.

Snapping turtles only live in fresh or brackish water. They prefer water bodies with muddy bottoms and abundant vegetation because concealment is easier.

Biomes: freshwater lake, freshwater rivers

^ Conservation/Biodiversity

Status: no special status.

Snapping turtle populations are not close to extinction or even threatened. Habitat destruction could pose a danger to snapping turtle populations at a later time. Some individuals are killed for food which does impact the population, but in a very minor way.

Turtles hibernate in the winter. They bury themselves deep in the mud and stay there until spring comes.

Yes it will ive seen it with my own eyes but they wont eat a dead mouse

yes they do

no

snapping turtles have teeth so they can protect themselves and their eggs

Painted turtles usually have horizontal stripes running down their neck. Snapping turtles are drab in color. The maximum size of a Painted turtle is 10 inches. The maximum size for a snapper is between 20 and 30 inches. Snapping turtles cannot withdraw their heads, whereas Painted turtles can close up almost completely.

almost 70m long! it is amazing how extreme the prorportions of the animal kingdom are.

I don't believe so... they are carnivorous. They need meat for protein. That is why they eat fish and other small creatures.

of course. the neck gets you to talk through your vocal cords which then splits your throat in half although,some people don't die from getting snapped in the neck if the doctor said it could be a normal x ray but still i doubt you will live.

Use a gun and make sure to get the skin not the shell (that would be messy).

come up behind it and have someone hold its mouth shut while you (or another person) either shoots it, rips off its shell, or beats it with a hammer or any other object.

personally i don't like killing animals and i was really sad while writing this.

I came across this and had to answer.Unless you're starving and going to eat it,you don't kill it."Kill it jed,itsa gettin' way!" "I am a feared!" And if youre SO SAD to tell him how to kill it,then why did you.Though I'm sure his rednecked pea brain would've figured out a way eventually."Jed i only gots one finga left,what i do now?" ''Try pokin' him again!" Stupid.

Yes.

i got this from off the internet cause i have one when born hatc lings they are 2 inches in the first two years they are 4 to 5 inches than what i hate is in 20 years they get to 12 inches but they get way way way bigger than 12 inches

Yes

Snapping turtles hibernate

You can tell when a baby snapping turtle is dieing when it does not move at all for five minutes and a liquid poors slowly out of its mouth.