What's next on your list? If even out of your comfront zone.

mrgrimm · 10-11-14, 08:17 AM

-Common snapping turtle (been looking on CL for people wanting to get rid of their captives) always open to another rescue though if we find one injured. I am undecided if I would actually keep a hatchling if we are blessed enough to stumble upon one (or a few). I have a 400 or so gallon indoor pond that I need to get finished up first though.

-Red tail Boa, the local reptile rescue has several up for adoption, but might be another 6 months to a year before we are ready to house one because I just don't have an enclosure large enough at the moment.

-Tarantula, still researching hardy, docile species that can be handled. Have several empty 10-20 gal. tanks ready!

-Anoles, when I get the extra 55 gal. cleaned up and get a nice natural live plant environment established in there!

54bogger · 10-11-14, 08:46 AM

Gaboon Viper, looking at picking one up in nov.

Derek1 · 10-13-14, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by mrgrimm

-Common snapping turtle (been looking on CL for people wanting to get rid of their captives)

Surprisingly I've caught 2 the past 2 years. I pictured and released. I had to stop traffic to get the smaller one. Not highway traffic, but not a country road either. He's living in a good size pond now.

IW17 · 10-14-14, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Derek1

Surprisingly I've caught 2 the past 2 years. I pictured and released. I had to stop traffic to get the smaller one. Not highway traffic, but not a country road either. He's living in a good size pond now.

Not to bust your chops, but holding a snapper by its tail can do permanent damage. It's awesome that you stopped to help em though. In the future if you use one hand to grab the shell above the tail, and place the other hand on the lower carapace(bottom shell), you won't get bit and won't risk damage to the animal.

**millertime89** · 10-14-14, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by IW17

Not to bust your chops, but holding a snapper by its tail can do permanent damage. It's awesome that you stopped to help em though. In the future if you use one hand to grab the shell above the tail, and place the other hand on the lower carapace(bottom shell), you won't get bit and won't risk damage to the animal.

^^This.^^ I was gonna say something until I saw this post.

Derek1 · 10-14-14, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by IW17

Not to bust your chops, but holding a snapper by its tail can do permanent damage. It's awesome that you stopped to help em though. In the future if you use one hand to grab the shell above the tail, and place the other hand on the lower carapace(bottom shell), you won't get bit and won't risk damage to the animal.

Thanks. I didn't know that. I will remember that in the future.

toddnbecka · 10-14-14, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by mrgrimm

-Common snapping turtle (been looking on CL for people wanting to get rid of their captives) always open to another rescue though if we find one injured. I am undecided if I would actually keep a hatchling if we are blessed enough to stumble upon one (or a few). I have a 400 or so gallon indoor pond that I need to get finished up first though.

We ran across a ~2.5" baby lying upside down in the grass in the back yard some years ago. Miles away from the nearest creek or pond, never did figure out how it got there, best guess was a bird dropped it? I thought it was a plastic toy until I picked it up. we took the see snapper down to the canal and released it in a suitable spot.