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Where can one find information on how to care for a baby turtle?
You can find information about caring for a baby turtle several places. You can always check where you purchased it, or stores like Petco or Petsmart have staff who can help you. You can check on the internet or find the information in some books.
Where does a snapping turtle live?
Snapping turtles are found in freshwater habitats such as ponds, lakes, marshes, and rivers in North America. They prefer areas with plenty of vegetation and muddy bottoms where they can hide and ambush their prey. They are mostly aquatic but will come onto land to lay eggs or find new habitats.
Can fish eat baby turtle food?
It is not recommended for fish to eat baby turtle food as their nutritional needs are different. Fish require specific nutrients found in fish food for proper growth and health. Feeding fish turtle food can lead to nutrient deficiencies and health problems.
How can you tell if a baby turtle is a boy or a girl?
To find out a turtle's gender, you can check the length of their claws. If the claws are very long and have a black color it's male. If the claws have a light color and they are short it's female.
Can you train a snapping turtle not to snap at you?
As I did not sign in to post this comment I will not receive notification of replies. I've found my pet snapping turtle to snap only when provoked to the extreme. She's a baby and has been handled daily. The one time she bit me I had her standing up by a grasp on the side of her shell, and I was tickling her arm pits which drives her crazy, then I made the mistake, for the first time, of touching her neck. She got a twisted little look on her face, opened her mouth kinda slow then bit me. Being a baby it didn't hurt at all. I've read that if handled regularly throughout their entire lives, snapping turtles, generally, will not bite. As the saying goes though, "You can't teach an old turtle new tricks." So, if you've caught a grown up wild snapping turtle, and you're trying to domesticate him, forget it. Beyond age other factors determine how well behaved a snapper will be. If your snapper has memory of roaming freely and now you've got him caged and wholly lonely, your snapper most likely views you as his jailer. If your snapping turtle never gets a "piece of action" so to speak, then you can well expect he'll be crotchety. And if you feed him every other day as I've read recommended by some, you can expect him to be in a constant bad mood. I've noticed that when I first got my snapper, she was days old and terrified of everything. I've watched her grow less fearful but now she requires constant company or she feels neglected. Making a manual treadmill I let my baby snapper run across my hands for hours a day. She's usually smiling and bright eyed. She also sleeps on my chest, sometimes on a cloth in her enclosure. If I find her sleeping with her face under the water I put her out of the water on the cloth. I'm guessing why wild snappers are so mean is that they breathe so little oxygen because they sleep under the water, breathing just a few times per night. They sleep in the water to avoid being ambushed by predators. It's noticeable how much quicker and happier my snapper is when she's slept out of the water. So how snappy your snapper is depends a lot on how well you treat your snapper.
What should you do when a snapping turtle attacks you?
find the nearest box turtle to attack it with
Where can you find a snapping turtle?
broad river Columbia sc
How does a snapping turtle make its home and where?
a snapping turtle makes its home by trying to explore new places and where it used to live before they have to find the difference on which is better old home or new home. A snapping turtle makes it home in a ocean or in a pond. In a ocean there are a lot of animals that the snapping turtle eats. and in the pond there are all different animals that you might have and the snapping turtle might have the pond to itself. Also it can make its home with other animals in the pond in one of the snapping turtles one and only part of the pond with all of the other animals. I hope you enjoyed learning about how a snapping turtle makes it home and where?
Does the alligator snapping turtle still exist?
i never thought there was such a thing so probably not No... The alligator snapping turtle is a protected species that lives in the southern united states. Especially in the Florida everglades. Trust me they are real. You can find pictures of them on google images type "alligator snapping turtle." You can also see them at zoos.
Where in north America can one expect to find snapping turtles?
mostly near ponds or swamps not to long ago i saw 11 baby snapping turtles on my patio they are so cute but when they get older they will turn in to a beast i advise you not to have a snapping turtle as a pet unless you want to get your fingers bitten off !!snapping turtles snap that's why there name is snapping turtles....i have 2 baby eastern box turtles crush and squirt.......please leave a comment on discussion page
How does the snapping turtle stay warm in the winter?
the find someplace and sleep until spring comes!
What does a week old snapping turtle eat?
small insects that you would find in a stream or creek
How do you find a baby turtle?
on land,water
Where do you find baby snapping turtles?
Pet store,creek,lake or on shores.
Where does the alligator snapping turtle live?
Canada routinely refuses immigration rights to Alligator Snapping Turtles. Most remain in the American deep south.
What if you only find one snapping turtle egg?
Well an eagle or an hawk or other animals probably ate the other ones
Name something you might find in a pond you'd hate to find in your swimming pool?
frog fish snake pond scum snapping turtle alligator
