can anyone tell me what these animals are like to keep

Initially quite easy, but as they grow bigger keeping them becomes more of a challenge.
Have a read of this caresheet, it should give you some idea Care Sheet - Common Snapping Turtle

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I can't imagine why anyone would want one of those. They are very unpleasant to look at and can dish out a fearsome bit. Whats the attraction?

I find them quite fascinating, very primeval looking creatures and incredible to watch. Having said that I think they're best left to experienced keepers, keeping a snapper is not quite like keeping a slider!
I'm not sure I'd ever have one myself, not unless I had a big pond that I could devote to it.

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im contemplating getting myself one of these beasts!! i am fascinated by their behaviour and i love the land before time esq look to them!! granted they get big but its not really THAT much of a problem in my eyes.

i have 2, ones about 16 inches long the others about 4 inches long.

there pretty much aquatic dogs but not domesticated, they yap like dogs (without making sound).
the problem is they use their mouths to find out what something is (your fingers) and there mouths have beaks so it hurts us!
however they can come out of their tanks and go for walks too!(unleashed ofcourse, theyll eat it).
i feed my bigger one lance fish, giant mice, frozen turtle food, dried rivershrimps and king british turtle and terrapin food and i give them a daily drop of turtle vitamins they need full spectram lighting to.

mine uses fluval filter, it still needs full water change weekly to stop it smelling.

they will watch what you do all the time. mine are looking at me right now wondering what im doing.

my big ones not tame (i got when it was about 12 inches long), but im trying to hand tame my baby one.
i usually keep them in water depths of how wide they are, this enables them to sit on the bottom of the tank and not have to swim for air all the time. they just lift their necks.
you can handle them just not near their neck range.
i stroke my big ones head no problems. but its still likely to bite.


oh there not beasts, there to inquisitive to be beasts.

i would say there very appealing to look at.!!!


this is the older one. you can see it's shell is rounding out and becoming smooth.







this is the younger one. rought prehistoric style shell.

these are perfectly good for newbies, there very hardy animals much more hardy than sliders all you need to know is they may not be as handable, just dont be stupid and put your fingers in its mouth if its a large one, and they will require large low filled tanks.

exo-terras are amazing for them, hopefully exo-terra will create larger glass terrariums suitable for larger common snappers.

looking at your pics makes me want one even more!!
i was told that they didnt need the full spectrum lighting...i do feel like they should have it tho.
awesome inquisitive MONSTERS :p

the spectrum lighting keeps their shell strong.
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