Congratulations, I love seeing anything hatching! If you plan on releasing a large number I recommend doing it sooner rather than later. Tempting as it is to see them all thrive, releasing a slew of beefed up, young snappers into the wild could throw off the ecological balance. There's a reason they lay so many eggs!
You are correct sir....you raise a good point. I probably wasn't clear enough in my post. I only plan on keeping them for a couple weeks to ensure they are eating....then i'll release them. I am certainly not gonna bulk them up for a few months....lol. And the place where I am releasing them is about 15,000 acres of privately owned cranberry bogs. I spread them out pretty good. The owners of the cranberry bogs love to have the snappers around because according to them..."they keep most of the birds out and away from the crop." I don't know how true this is, but if the farmer is happy and the turtles are happy, then I am happy.
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Originally Posted by gsarchie
I don't get it. Maybe I'm being a little slow?
I think he was reinforcing your point about the importance of the circle of life.
1.0 Mojave 100% Het VPI Axanthic "Pleepleus"
1.2 Albino Common Snapping Turtles "Beavis, Patty & Selma"
UPDATE: I now have 46 snappers and 20 Eastern Redbelly Turtles (Pseudemys rubriventris) (AKA: Redbelly Cooters) out of the shell and healthy. They are still absorbing their yolk sacs and are still a couple days away from eating real food. Sadly...no albinos so far. Here are some updated pics....
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1.0 Mojave 100% Het VPI Axanthic "Pleepleus"
1.2 Albino Common Snapping Turtles "Beavis, Patty & Selma"
I'll probably end up releasing them into my pond once they put on a little size. I actually got those eggs from a road-killed female, so I kinda feel proud that I was able to hatch them.
1.0 Mojave 100% Het VPI Axanthic "Pleepleus"
1.2 Albino Common Snapping Turtles "Beavis, Patty & Selma"
Originally Posted by Navy
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They are still absorbing their yolk sacs and are still a couple days away from eating real food. Sadly...no albinos so far. Here are some updated pics....
