Snapping Turtle Hand Feeding

[007gametester]

It"s skin will die if its all the time under water (it will peel off, blood circulation will stop etc... Also the tank will poison it.. For a turtle this size you will need at least a 200G terrarium (not aquarium) with 40% dry land. In a small tank like that it can get diseases, liver and stomach malfunctions etc. And Turtle dock are shit! Build an island from rocks, stones. And you will need lots of big leaf plants for this specific turtle. Plants remove nitrates

[007gametester]

And if you have a special heat lamp then it should be only over the island (dry land). And it should heat only half of the island, if you don't want to burn it. As for the water get a heater that you can place under rocks and gravel, because these turtles can break the glass heaters, and it can hurt itself with it. Also for a this size turtle you WILL NEED a water canister, and get only the right size for the amounts of gallons that you have, because they like swamps, or stagnant water the most.

[007gametester]

So fast flowing water is not good, but you still need a top notch filtration, so a filter is not enough, you will need a NOT low quality canister. And as I said big leaf plants. As for it's food It is important to give a variety of food each weak! You have to switch day to day, that is the healthiest. It will need for a healthy life style fish (alive is better, they can sharpen their natural instinct, mammal, bird meat (no spices, or flavoring, it cant digest it right), and for vitamins etc.

[007gametester]

Also if you collect rocks, only get the ones without algae, and from higher mountains, far from the city, and only from small snow water streams. preferably not from a forest, (pine forests are ok). And when you are home first wash them with water and chlorine, after then wash it at least 3 times under fresh water, and after then boil them, because you don't want to put any bacteria or virus in your terrarium.

[007gametester]

And they should live up to 12 years...

[007gametester]

Dude this turtles need 100% dry areas too... And a bigger tank :( And a heat lamp for turtles, and for the right tank size....

[ImAturtle369]

if the snapping turtle missed....DANG!

[theassortedjellybean]

can you wiggle your balls in there next time?

[ontarioherper]

you know even though snappers spend most of the time submerged they still need a dry basking area to get out of the water and heat uva/uvb bulbs...=)

[locopaper]

Go to bait shop for your turtle food it is way more healthier than buying those crap ass gold fish from the pet shop . Live Fish bait like kellies minos shiners sometimes sand worms and shit Like that.

[SoBlondMonea]

mine is medium size i got him about a yer ago from my freind he breids them and quik tip they dont alwys wna swim so not to much h20 i put malch in the corner of the tan with my solar lamp and i gotta 35 gllon

[turtlesinNIRVANA]

thts a mysk turtle!!!!!

[diemudd1]

Taking animals from the wild is illegal in my country. I'm surprised people are so blasé about it in the USA/Canada. It's good you released him, though.

[Durzen98]

ELLIS FROM LFD2

[arkantos791]

@Durzen98 hahahahaha

[MegaBoyBelieber]

dude you need a bigger tank

[TheBigkev670]

where the hell is his baking dock and his basking lamps.

[SieraBeagan1]

Nice video! :) I have a turtle that is about 2 and a half years old just a tiny bit smaller than your snapper, and I don't have a tank this big...Its more a smaller one, like for goldfish. He totally fits the tank But he can't really swim around to much because the tank is not that long. I also don't fill the water up as high as yours in the video. Should I buy the kind of tank you have? Or should I just keep mine?

[DRU623]

how big is the tank?

[Dimunic]

@TheFishKeeper100 That's a horrible reason to keep a pet. :l Snappers aren't aggressive. They're defensive.

[BamaBoyJosh]

ur wearing an Auburn hat so i hope that turtle takes ur finger off...

[ddog12921996]

You shouldnt be hand feeding your turtles. They start to associate your hand with food and will bite you.

[D1j0HN]

where did u get the snapper turtle?

[Juanod09]

Very cute turtle !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Manbeast222]

Can't those things bit OFF your finger?!?

[99animallover]

I CANT WAIT FOR HIM TO BITE UR FINGER OF ONE DAY!!!

[snakemast66]

@99animallover he released it

[Bishunter]

Holy cow, you look just like the character Ellis in Left 4 Dead 2. :p

In other notes, cool turtle. And nice looking tank setup too. ^^

[Tronlegacy22]

My turtle was about 10 times as big. Same tipe. I had him for about 5 years

[coutterboy]

so i got a common baby snapping turtle and im going to hold on to him for awhile, how often do you feed him? and how small did you first get him and how often did you feed him? cuz i really want to make sure he survives

[parisauburn]

@coutterboy I just fed him once a day, they will eat about as much as you can give them so you want to make sure not to overfeed them. Mine was a hatchling when I found him, they grow relatively fast, but a 29 gal (what mine is) will last them at least 3 years. I let mine go soon after this because he had already outgrown the tank. They are very hardy creatures though, and usually have no problem adapting to captivity. Also its good to vary their diet with crickets, minnows, and turtle pellets.

[pardomtlca]

@parisauburn just keep fish in the tank always and feed them fish food. That way turtle doesn't need pellets. I never fed mine pellets and he is perfectly healthy.Best way to feed him is to watch his underbelly. When he's looking skinny get him lots of fish. If he's looking fat he can go awhile without!

[reptileboy1661]

@parisauburn no way he needs a way bigger cage and a dry spot ti bask on why dont you read care on them for once

[wildlife455]

get owned

[squelsh08]

@thefishkeeper100 if u want a aggresive pet u could get a aligator snapping turtal they camoflog them slef as a rock nd wat for the gold fish to swimm close nd bam they dont gack around he gobbles the up and sorry about my spellin i have a spelling waver :( but yea their cool look em up :)

[fugeboy5]

i put my turtle in a tank but it gets do dirty and smelly so fast and we have bought many filters and stuff but it gets s green and nasty

[carolinacoon1]

@TheFishKeeper100 I ave an alligator snapper and they are very expensive and very agressive, one time i got the tip of my thumb taken off and another time i got my pinky dislocated buy him

[andy0happy]

is your name Elliot?

[Stephy05131978]

Ya understand, because you won't be hand feeding your turtle once it's becomes close to 4yrs old........... OOps there goes a couple fingers..

[Dashapell]

see this niggas crazy i try to feed them...then they go all crazy and bite my finger

[a1dzcannon]

@TheFishKeeper100 get a reticulated python, there pretty big and fun to show around, you can feed them rabbits and they can be agressive :D

[taisonlo602]

Abandon it? Don't do it. :-| it's dangerous

[PupuTheClown]

Store bought snapper ?

[FreeTheGhetto]

Hey parisauburn is it true that snapping turtles don't need land basking areas? Please reply, thanks.

[comandermalander456]

@FreeTheGhetto no, they only need land for laying eggs or for finding a new come, they like to dwell at the bottom of tanks

[chride87]

are snapping turtles pets that u buy from a animal shop or do u catch them like a pokemon from the river?:D

[JoaniMaster]

too dangerous

[TheFishKeeper100]

Can i order snapping turtles? I live in sweden and i rly want a turtle and i like aggresive pets, and snapping turtles looks like the only aggresive,strong one,was wondering if i can order it in my local pet store if so how much do they cost? If u know any other cool turtles plz reply and maby tell me the price if u know. i have a 250-260 litre tank whit a fluval 206 filter and 2 air pumps.

[parisauburn]

I just fed him turtle food sticks, goldfish, and some crickets. You need a pretty big tank if your planning on keeping a snapper for a while, that tank was really too small for that fella at the time of the video. Might be best just to build an enclosure outside if you have the room and money. They are very easy to take care of though and you can find them in streams all over the place in the East. I'm sure if you did some Google work you can get all the info you could ever want.

[droxland]

@TheFishKeeper100 wtf is a "black" turtle?

[RatRippinReptileRage]

try that with mine and your finger is gone 

[krossellwright]

My grandson just found a baby snapper. I'm scared how big it will get or what to feed it,so I don't kill it LOL Any one want a snapper?

[lilopie8021]

@krossellwright wanna ship it to lousisana lol, i have 50 snapping turtle eggs i just start trying to hatch , im thinking about starting a snapper pond something to do with my pair time

[droxland]

@krossellwright LOL maybe let it go...who would have thought?

[maximrules]

that's pretty sweet how the turtle knew u had it's food and just stared at it lol. cool.

[pittbullbill]

thats sweet

[cwcwilson]

u are crazy man...

[whiplash0009]

have u ever get bitten?

[aakash013]

do u do that everytime????

[Michael44ification]

That look like it hurt!

[WKCEdward]

be careful

[kdc43]

better you than me.

[dizzyman195]

he malested ur finger at the end!!!

[HALOwins]

a NICE long one. YOur face was hilarious when you said that

[Creekwalker420]

nicely done sir.. how long did you keep him? i am trying to keep a hatchling for a few years. hopefully until about the size of this one. nice tank and war eagle.

[parisauburn]

I had him from a hatchling for probably about three or four years, there extremely easy to keep. Just don't keep anything smaller than him in there or it could dissappear. I also had a few smaller Stripe-necked musk turtles in the tank with him at one time but he decapitated one of them and I had to remove the others before it was too late for them as well. WAR EAGLE!!!!!

[mrneworleans14]

where is that park located i want em

[LTR]

I wouldent do that hand feeding shit i got my finger messed up by my Psykho ass snapper

[schaus111]

i hope he survived in the wild after being kept in captivity for a while.

[parisauburn]

I put him in a pond in a park and have heard rumors of a snapping turtle of similar size hanging out there

[schaus111]

thats good to hear how old was your turtle?or did you catch him that big?

[TurtleToob]

Go to my channel I actually let the snapping turtle eat right from my hand

[a7xfan9000]

Hahahaha

[hairtrigger2]

Gross...

[yami450bitch69]

ay man i got a snapper as of now but what kind of food u need to feed em?

[TonyFirelli]

They like to eat fish mice (doesnt have to be alive) and pork meat some veggies other small turtles..(i dont recommned) and go online and you can find some...

[ETbombing]

small fish mostly go to petco and get those little feeder goldfish theyll eat mice when they get bigger but dont need them

[DuNeCaN12345]

hey how much on average to turtle cost

[daffyface]

i like your turtle. should be in a bigger tank tho!

[DGiles21]

can you actually keep them under water their whole life?? now i want one. lol.

[Tubeillicious]

For a healthy lifestyle, the turtle should have an area where it could bask.

[jgmtiger]

no its very un healthy and they NEED to have land fro them to sleep and bask or you cna run into ALOT of problums cause they cant dry out and can get sick and if you have never owned a turtle b4 you dont need to even think of geting a snapper

[fly2000jtb]

Snapping turtles DON'T Bask!! If they do it is VERY RARLY! I have been studing them for 30 years now! Dog food is all they need to be fat and happy. Floating dog food is the best. But Basking is not required for Snapping turtles. Allie Snapping Turtles for instance, where in a canopied SWAMP will they bask? Read a book or two before putting your foot in your mouth. DR Joseph T (fly2000jtb)

[jgmtiger]

arnt you a smart ass look at the date it was posted and 1 for a pet snapper OR ANY PET if you only feed it dog food it will die and like you sed FAT

[fly2000jtb]

As long as they can reach there heads out of the water they will be fine. If that turtle really wanted out of that tank he could climb out!! I have had them do it allready. Not only did they get out of a tank like that, I had a ten pound weight on the top. They are very strong, both legs and neck, are extremely strong. I keep all my large Snappers with about 4 inches of water over the top of there shells. It does not bother them to be in shallow water. It is also very easy to clean the tank.

[chamzChats]

jgmtiger is acually right! my friend has a snapper in a 40g and it have stayed the same size for about 2yrs...

[jgmtiger]

sorry dude this is my accoutn but i share it with a friend and he thinks he knows everything im so sorry everyone about his comment

[jgmtiger]

snappers wont grow bigger then there enverment so put one in a 10 gallon then move to a 50-55 and they will prolly stay the size of the one here

[5LbSquirrel]

that is a complete falsehood. that's like putting a human baby in a rubbermaid thinking it won't grow up ever.

[Napalmburns]

I cannot belive ppl are still so stupid to belive that bullshit about reptiles not growing if they dont get a bigger cage/tank.

[dashit503]

i think snapping turtles are ugly!

[dumaaaaaa]

you really should have him in a bigger tank..

[McIFamilyVideos]

Stick one of your fingers in its mouth and you will find out ;)

[TalentBoy96]

haha

[Pikip]

Im able to touch my snappers head. and she loves to be hand fed.

[SnipeZ850]

dont be an idiot... hand feeding other turtles is fine, but feeding an animal with jaws that would remove a finger anyday ?? dude.. dont hand feed a snapper

[SuGuRio88]

Solo se te ocurre a ti darle de comer a una Chelydra con la mano,jejeje.

[dashit503]

quit being mean!

[SnipeZ850]

oh stfu

[brianvelasquez]

lmao u look like peter parker

[kickazzkid]

dont hand feed =.=''

[bderousse]

i pitty da foo who gets bit by that turtle!

[flagracer11]

is he wild mine is

[corientalis]

The mixing of these similar turtles's names is strange, I just realised that this common snapping turtle, what we call "aligator turtle" in Hungarian, is not the same as aligator snapping turtle what we call "vulture turtle".

[TheUnknowDweller]

Dude... you should get those like 7 inch tweezers if you want to hand feed him

[animalboy117]

here is a little tip dont hand feed the turtle

[JLWinker]

that was pretty funny when that creachter latched on to your finger

[treepython20]

lmao my snapper would take off my finger if i did that

[unrealworld1000]

should you feed them turtle pellets

[spikedude2091]

boy or girl? ours looks to be the same size...that tank looks a little small but cool snapper comment mine

[caperoja20]

I love you!!!! you are very cute!!!