"Turdy" the Snapping turtle, tank setup update!
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My painted turtle I've had for over 26 years is called "stinky" we will not judge you on the name.
Hey quick question, how much gallon is your painted turtles tank cuz I have one too
@@maychang8215 assuming it’s full grown painted turtles get around 6-8 inches so a rule of thumb is for every inch of turtle you want 10 gallons of water!
@@maychang8215 have a 30 gallon tank, or a 55 gallon breeder tank, the more space you give to your turtle the better
Is that what my Snapping Turtle will turn into?
That thing is epic im happy
Stephen Stephenson SAAAME BRO! I have a Florida Snapper whom I’ve hade for nine months now I think and she’s growing faster than I I thought she would it’s scary n awesome asl
Turdy got big af! 😂😂
Sure did! Funny how big a common snapper can get in 4 years with good food.
@@motiszm i just got one myself..looks tonbe about 2 to 3 y/o. Do you know of any good fish that would survive in a tank with it?
@@OfficialToucheTJ I've got a sunfish in with mine that has survived for about two months. Seems to be too quick for her to catch.
Looks super happy and healthy!
Turdy is an awesome turtle and the set up is awesome to the max God bless!!!
He looks very happy!
I want to do my snappers tank like this he’ll be so happy my turdii I can’t wait loved this set up 😍💪🏾💪🏾🙌🏽
Snappers look sort of aggressive, but they're really quite docile once you don't seem threatening (always be careful - they're fast!). I'm talking about those that are in the wild. I've now rehabbed one (recently properly released into a location that is the turtle's native habitat). I'm no expert here. I've had to move a bunch of wild snapping turtles just off my property (relocated just far enough so the turtles live longer - safety reasons). Ha ha, Turdy has that look of "Hey, throw me a treat or two". I mean, even the wild snapper I had for a short time was taking food I dropped in the water of my temporary setup. Turdy is like "Hey!!!!!" This was a video from 4 yrs ago, so I'm hoping Turdy is in a way BIGGER habitat. These snappers have so much personality.
Fantastic aquarium with this beauty turtle and fishes. I would like to have the same.
Impressed you able to keep fish with ur snapper mine just takes em out overnight lmao
I saw a comment about upgrading to a stock tank, I use country line metal horse troughs. I have a 6×2×2 for my common snapper and a 8×3×2 for my 2 yellow belly sliders. They look nice and are very sturdy. I got mine from tractor supply
Thanks for the suggestion, I'll have to take look!
Can you get those at home depot?
@@motiszmhow's Turdy doing and what kinda food do you feed her I'm sure she has gotten a lot bigger since this video
Great vid snappers are so much fun mine is still very small
Dax I have 7 right now
I have and have a get a shopping turtle they into fun
Charity Scott what
I had to realese them
I have 3 baby ones
Very nice snapping turtle
Looks fantastic
Video is very helpful! Our snapper will be needing a tank upgrade soon. Do you have a link for your turtle food? I am having trouble finding something similar, but I am not sure exactly what to look for. Thank you!!
U can probably look up turtle pellets and give them worms chicken and meat as treats. They also eat plants so duckweed and hornwort are nice to have.
I thought you needed a huge tank for these. I live in Sweden. I want one. Some say basking is a must, others say no? Thoughts?
Adults need a 300 gallon tank. Basking spot isn't required. If your water stays warm they will pretty much never bask. I put a lot of time and effort into making a basking platform and she never used it lol.
@@motiszm Thanks! ✌️
Thats a very well setup aquariam. Almost like its real nataral habitat. good job
Really Cool set up!!
That is a plastic light fixture because it is black or brown. You need a ceramic one. Ceramic are all white. You can burn your house down with that 100 watt heat bulb screwed into a plastic light fixture.
I have a 4 year old male named Turtle Man. He lives mostly on venison and fish
I’ve just rescued a baby snapping turtle out of my pool and now have him in a 20 gallon tank, he’s about the size of a silver dollar. What would you recommend I feed him? Only plan on keeping him until he’s a little bigger and won’t get swooped up by another bird (pretty sure that’s how he ended up in my pool)
Matthew Keiser for now maybe buy some crickets and give him some water lettuce maybe
Matthew Keiser they are almost garbage disposals haha they will eat all sorts of meat, fish.. Basically anything with protein. But they also easily switch over to commercial turtle pellets/sticks
Mine wont touch pellets at all..
@@jimmieparker8093 I'm having this same trouble.
Hi guy! Really nice setup.. but excuse me I don't know if you have say that on the video ( my english is not very good beacause I come from switzerland ;) ) how much gallon is your tank? For the moment I have my alligator snapping turtle in a 30 gallons but she grows up very quickly and next year I will buy a bigger tank for her. For the next step I think yours is perfect :)
Thanks! It's a 125 gallon aquarium.
So I have a 6 month old baby snapper I keep her water about 75 I have all the correct lighting , but she’s not very active and she stays in her hide alot and stays there for days is this normal. She’s eating normal and growing??
The external inline pump solved my nightmares and now im dreaming to have a common snapping turtle like yours . How old and heavy is your CST ?
The inline pump solved my troubles too! She's 4.5 years old and about 12 pounds.
Here's a recent video from my educational channel that I am starting - ua-cam.com/video/2PPMTCoTY0c/v-deo.html
Very cool...
Snapping little turtle, I wonder if they grow very big like those wild ones out their
The tank is sorta small for her size don’t you think you should release her every now and then in an outside inclosure in stead
It was getting small at that point, she's now in a 300 gallon stock tank
looks exactly like mine mine is little bit smaller.. i was thinking of adding some fish but i hesitated i know she will eat them all at once.
What do you keep Turdy's water temperature set on if you use a heater? I have a 3-year-old male snapping turtle and I've been told anywhere from 74-78 Fahrenheit, so I keep Turt's water temp around 74-75. I have Turt in a 180 gallon stock tank, but only keep it about 1/2 full.
I have a baby snapper, I believe he was born in July. So my question is, how do I help him go bask on land? He hasn't done so in months and I'm worried he will get shell rot from all the times he stays submerged. Also, my second question, what vitamins do you recommend for healthy shell and bones? Thank you for your time and also, that turtle looks very happy
Just make sure the basking area is easily accessible. Some snappers hardly ever bask, but don't worry, they won't get shell rot. I fed mine hikari turtle pellets when it was small, and switched to mazuri crocodile diet as it grew. I also feed her fish, rodents, cuts of meat, worms, crayfish, shrimp, etc. Just give them a wide variety and use a high quality pellet as a staple and they'll be healthy.
Some bask but most won’t mine only leaves the water if I bribe him with a treat so my advice is just give him a spot to get up on and let him do what ever he wants.
Does she bite and whats that green stuff floating in the tank
Yes she does, but she's pretty well mannered for a snapper. It's pretty easy to keep your fingers safe. The green stuff is duck weed. Check out my latest videos on my new channel to see what she's like now! ua-cam.com/video/pCFyevtek3w/v-deo.html
Aw turdy
Hello I'm getting a Florida snapper what do u recommend for them to eat when there smaller and when they grow up
If you want a good pellet, Mazuri crocodile diet (small pellet version) is a great one. They are a little too big for hatchlings though, so when my turtle was young I fed her Hikari turtle diet. You should feed lots of live food too though.
Thanks
Shes gotta be 7 now... Florida snapper?
Nope, a common snapper from MN.
Nice
Hey I have a snapper same size with the same size tank. Could you please tell me the exact filter system you bought (brand,size) this will really help my turtle and us 😩 I just wanna give him the best life! Also does Turdy eat those Minos? I like that idea but they wouldn’t last with my guy!!
Sun sun 404b from amazon filled with plastic mesh pot scrubbers from walmart and poly fill. It worked fine for a while but I eventually had to get an inline pump after the sun sun stopped being able to push the water through. I don't remember what it is but I'll look it up for you. If you buy a few dozen minnows eventually some get smart and become too quick for the turtle to eat.
The inline pump I'm using is an Ecoplus 633 fixed flow pump. It's rated at 590 gallons per hour which is similar to what the sun sun 404b advertises as it's flow rate.
Matthew Otis thank you so much!!
What do you call those little plants floating on top of your water ?
Duck weed (genus Lemna)
Jus wondering, what kind of turtle food do you use? Every place in Minnesota I’ve gone sells it for like $12 for a small container
i give mines freshwater fresh in which i chop up into tiny bits. i also give mines hotdogs and chicken breasts strips from time to time mines is super huge
@@21781dj90 hot dogs is not a good diet 😂.
Great set up then basking areas should be totally dry tho or the turtle will develop shell rot on her belly if she can’t dry off completely while basking. A ramp and a totally dry surface she will be happier.
She has a completely dry basking spot now, but snappers will not get shell rot from being in the water all the time. They go weeks or months sometimes without basking.
I had one for 21yrs. It never went on the rocks I provided. No shell issues. Do you still have this turtle? How’s it going
That's a clean-lookin' turtle. Does it ever use the basking area?
Snapping turtles usually don’t bask....
@@african-gene-dominance1841 That's why I was asking. I have a razorback musk turtle, and he doesn't come out either. Makes me wonder if having a basking area is a waste of space and money.
@@yadanie6194 What kind of musk turtle? And they usually don’t bask either, I have seen both bask before, but not consecutively.....
How many gallons is that rabk
How u tell a girl from a boy 🤔
There are many ways but here is one way if the tail is short and skinny its a female and if its long and thick it's a male. Hope that helps,have a great day.
Would he eat that fish in there? Little box turtles eat fish if they can get their mouths on them
2 things i got a razorback musk turtle so i need some suggestions on what i can put with it
And do u ever think about getting a large sail fin plecostomous its armoured catfish and it will clean ur tank faster ( if u get three or 2 ) and they are really fast .
You could put some Tetras, Guppies, Angelfish, and also Zebra fish in the tank with the musk turtle, but it may decide to bite or nip at their fins
@@wolfo8835 musk turtles not the fish hunter type but i guess
@@jmthayoungin True that they’re not into fish like the other species of turtles are, but they can sometimes eat small fish
How does he clean that-
I would like to buy a snapping turtle, but I'm not able to find any information about tank, temperature,ecc, any advice?
Don't know if trickle or sump filters works for this type of setup?? 🤔 I think wetdry trickle sump filters are much better than canisters tbh..
I can i have snapper whit these tank mates : big pleco,brown bull heads ?
If anything will survive living with a snapper, those fish will! Might want to feed the turtle well before adding them in though!
@@motiszm ok thanks for answering !
Hi, may I know what is the dimensions of the tank? Just as a reference for me if I want to keep a common snapping turtle in the future..
It's a 125 gallon. Probably 6ft (72in) across. By 24in by 18 inches
I have my 2yr old in a 125 😂 bit overkill but I won't have to buy more enclosures as he grows also if you would like you could raise the water lvl mines at like 1.5 to 2
Is he full grown?
Are u going to upgrade to a 300 gallon
Yeah, I think I'll be getting a 300 gallon stock tank. They're just so much cheaper and lighter than a 300 gal glass aquarium!
Is that the max size, or does it get even bigger?
No snapping Turtles get pretty big its gonna keep growing
@@dreamdoginthemaking8679 Not to much bigger. Alligator snappers can get 150 plus pounds common snappers get to about 50-60 pounds
How do u know if you're snapping turtle is a boy or girl?
The Snapping Turtle JEFF pick him or her up lol at the bottom of the shell if the shells curved in a bit it’s a male (the shell being curved into his body a bit is so he can mount the female) if the shell is flat and no curve she’s a female
@@joshuasouza9844 he or she has like a bump kinda on its tail on the bottom
Where do you Get the food you feed her from?
@@chrismunro4385 Hey if you go onto mazuri.com all find the crocodile pellets. Hope that anwsered your question
I suggest you to put some plants in side of the tank it will make it cooler and more natural
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Will the turtle get bigger? Or has it reached it's adult size?
She's gotten a lot bigger since then. She'll probably get to 30 lbs or more.
Chicken livers
Is he full grown?
nope. he will get bigger.
Get some cherry shrimp they help clean sand
I see you have sand , I have 2 baby snappers but I haven’t decided if I should get sand or gravel or does it matter?
Gravel can be a problem for small snappers. They can eat it and choke.
Matthew Otis Does is any type of aquarium sand fine?
@@FernandoGarcia-ex2iw Yeah, I even just use play sand from home depot, I just rinse it really well first.
do you have a website for the food?
Yeah, mazuri.com, I use the small size crocodile diet. Turdy has stopped eating them now though unfortunately lol. She just wants fish and meat these days.
How old is she..
Mine has same coloration.. just unknown it's gender.
She's turning 4 this month.
You should get a complety dry area as a basking spot 🤔
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@@DuchovnyCentral sometimes I let the water level drop so it's completely dry. She seems to use it more when the water level is over the crate. At any rate, snappers don't need to be completely dry, they can be fully aquatic. I do take her out frequently for walks around the yard out in the sun though.
Snapping Turtles live their lives 90% of the time under Water they only come out of water if laying Eggs or food in their area is scarce
Interesting, they seems pretty smart. Does not look like an animal that wants to stay in a tank.
Do u leave the light on 24/7?
Not usually. In my new setup sometimes I leave the basking light on overnight so she can bask while no one is around.
Im saying the led light, do u keep it on 24/7?
@@LongHoang-qz9ko No, it does have a blue setting, sometimes I switch it to blue and leave it on overnight but usually just turn it off.
Still tf you name him turdy
His child named the turtle
See your snapper is sleek like a race car. My Rufus looks like a Volkswagon Bug. OK Rufus your going on a diet. Who am I kidding. Rufus just begs and stares at me. I've gotta make a deal with a kid to feed Rufus in 2 months when I go away on vacation. I'm weaning Rufus off the 10-inch tweezer, and just creating a feeding spot in the tank. He does learn fast. Rufus doesn't like kids. He stares at them like a bird dog. I will move him and his head still faces at the kids.
I have been noticing that you big snapper owners are always checking the foot padding and belly on your snappers. i have to give Rufus more walk time so he can used to lifting his heavy pork-eating butt off the ground.
What type of snapping and what state you live in?
thats a common
Does she try to harm you in any way? How do you raise them to be friendly towards humans?
She gets grumpy sometimes. She always opens her mouth before she starts striking though. She usually really chill, it just takes a lot of interaction to calm them down.
@@motiszm thanks that helps, recently found a baby snapping turtle the size of a quarter and want to raise it to be okay around humans
@@motiszm we also have a red earred slider that weve had for a few years and got him when he was the size of a quarter and he does really well around us but also gets "grumpy" sometimes too
How do you not get bit...
That's completely up to the turtle. Just like with any other animal. I have a snapping turtle as well and personally mines never even tried to snap at me before.
Okay so I have a question I’m getting a snapper soon and I was wondering if I needed a uvb light and if not what kind of light would you recommend and how do I test the temperature of the water
I don't have a uv bulb in my setup. I take my turtle out weekly for some natural uv in the yard. It's been shown that snappers live healthy lives in captivity without uv. Not saying that they don't benefit from it, but I feel satisfied with the amount she's getting from exploring the back yard.
Also, heaters are not necessary and are actually dangerous as snappers have been known to bite cords. Room temp is fine.
Im so glad some one finally knows somthing ...i have 2 commons both in there own 40 gallon they are only about 4 or 5 inches long....i have stone rocks sand and a waterfall...i keep the ambient temp at room temp ...about 70 degrees and the water temp at around 69....they have basking spots in there tank but barely use them...they are super happy active and act like pitbulls when i take them out....but ppl keep saying they need 90 degree basking spot.....they need a uvb and all types of things....but i keep telling them they are different than having regular turtles.....great vid...
@@motiszm I'm going to be buying a snapping turtle in a couple days. I bought a heater and the UV. It wouldn't hurt right? The heater wouldn't hurt right?
@@richieisaG your turtle will grow faster if you keep the water warm year round, and plants will like it, but you have to protect the wires. People have lost turtles from them biting the cord and getting electrocuted. I've seen people cover the wires with pvc.
Turtles and beautiful fish is cool in a pond or huge enclosure with plants annd a chance for the fish, that fish has zero chance with no where to escape, not natural either!
Where did you get her
She was a rescue. She was found as a hatchling in the middle of a bike trail all dried out and covered with bird poop.
@@motiszm oh wow that's a rough spot for a baby turtle at the time
u should really make sure theres no water on the basking area cause the turtle needs to be an to get all the way dry! it can get fungi on him grow i if not. not trying to bitch at you and u probably already knew that but i didnt know that when I had turtles and I wished i did. just try I to help brother!
Snappers don't really bask out of water they kinda like to stay in the water to bask
I have a baby what size tank will I need once it’s full grown I’ve heard 150 but I’m not sure just wanna plan ahead for the setup
Looks like a Turtle jail to me.
You should put a catfish
I usually have some bullheads in there with her, but she ate them and I haven't put any new ones in lately.
How do you keep your water clear with sand
How often do you feed it? Is it like once a day or once every other day?
Large meals 2 times a week now. Mice, fish, beef, pork, crayfish, shrimp, frogs . . . she's not picky except she won't eat most veggies yet.
This is dooe
I own a snapping turtle in a 40 gallon tank and have owned a 100 Gallon Canister filter which did not work. Then I switched to an FX6 filter but I ended up cleaning the tank every 2 days because of the terrible smell and musky water. Any suggestions???
Get a pond, honestly it’s the best solution, once it’s deep enough, your turtle can hibernate for the winter months unless you live in Alaska or something
Do common snapping turtles need uvb for the setup?
They benefit from it but it has been shown that they don't need it to grow right. My turtle gets basking time out in natural sunlight frequently.
James Axiel Maguire It is not required as they get all it all from there diet
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😂 you have nothing to say about the turtle?
Do you still have her? I have a baby now that's tripled in size is first year