Baby alligator snapping turtle I found in a creek
u/GoldBrief9751 — 4 days ago
r/snappingturtles
Worms in musk turtle tank
Hi all, for the last few months since adding some mopani wood for the musk turtle, which i did soak for months. I have had these little white maggot-like worms in the tank. I did a complete tank clean with distilled vinegar, which seemed to work for 2 weeks. Now they are back with a vengeance, and I can't work out if they are planaria or rhabdocoela. But I think they are bothering my turtle, as it keeps biting at legs when they are in the tank. sorry for the water marks constantly siphoning them out,
u/Budget_Candy_5691 — 3 days ago
Is there any way to confidently say if this is male or female from this picture
Southern New Hampshire, USA. Never posted here before. Just see em all the time and finally took an interest in getting to know em.
u/CrunchyRubberChips — 5 days ago
it has no eyes!
i found this lil guy and noticed his head looks upside down and has no eyes i am so confused.
does anyone know why he looks like this. I am keeping him and am going to give him so much love & try to keep him alive.
also does anyone know what type of snapping turtle he is? i need some advice on how to help him 🖤
u/siierrrraa — 8 days ago
Mother snapper to be
Pretty sure she was digging a hole to lay some eggs in. Soon as she laid her eggs she left straight back into the near by Pond.
u/Beautiful-Support394 — 7 days ago
Saw this beauty (Central Maryland)
They seldom bask but I walked up on this one yesterday. Monday is a great day to go in the woods. Fewer people out there and the animals are out chillin.
u/Bugaev05 — 7 days ago
Advice?
On the way home from the vet, there was a turtle that got hit on the road. I picked him up to bring him to our creek and I gave him an hour.
When I went out to bury him by our creek I saw this snapper just chilling by the porch.
They're barely moving. I tried to give them an egg. Any turtle experts know why they're chilling here? If I have to bury another turtle today I might tweak.
I don't want to move them. I don't know if they're male or female, they don't look hurt, but my mom said that females could be looking somewhere to lay eggs. I'm just a little worried because we just moved a lot of junk from our yard, and I'm worried that they maybe had some eggs in something we moved, but I don't even know if they're male or female.
u/isuckathis74 — 8 days ago