I live by the river in New Orleans as well. No need to worry about the gators. They hardly ever cross the levee and River Rd. What worried me were the coons and neighbors dogs. I built an outdoor enclosure with a heavy top covered with wire mesh. That has worked great for the past couple years...
They are mean. Just down right mean. I've raised them from eggs and they were still mean. Cool turtles to keep but angry. I've had snappers that were less aggressive.
A 3toed or 3toed/gulf coast integrade. All I know for sure is that he has 3 toes on each back foot. His shell is very simillar to my other male but his colors are orange and he is a lot smaller than the one posted at the beginning of this thread. His personality is a lot more docile too.
Not really. That looks exactly like him to me but different colors. haha. I'll take some more pics tomorrow in the yard and post them. Maybe we'll get to the bottom of it. Till then, a rose by any other name... haha. I may have to make a trip to Houma and get educated properly.
New Orleans. He may be a cross, but I haven't ever seen Easterns south of the Lake. I see Gulf Coasts every weekend but never Easterns. I grew up in MS so I had a lot of Easterns and he's smaller than any Eastern I ever had. He may just be small though.