When I get a call from someone wanting to turn in a snapper, I generally refuse the turtle because they are illegal here in California. I would have to, first of all, find someone back east who is willing to take the turtle - where the turtle is native - then package it up and ship it to them I run my operation on a shoestring. I don't have the money to send turtles in the mail.
I got a call from a gal who picked up a hatchling a few years ago off the roadway while they were on vacation in Ohio. They've only recently realized it's a snapper and illegal here in California. She wants me to take the turtle because it's getting too big for their aquarium.
I wanted to make sure it really is a snapper so I asked her for pictures. These are what she sent me, but they're too murky for me to really see the turtle well enough to say for sure that it's a snapper. Anyone out there able to see them well enough to make a good judgement call? It sort of looks like a snapper, but then again, it sort of looks like a mud turtle:
I guess after seeing that one picture with the tail showing it IS a snapper, right?
I got a call from a gal who picked up a hatchling a few years ago off the roadway while they were on vacation in Ohio. They've only recently realized it's a snapper and illegal here in California. She wants me to take the turtle because it's getting too big for their aquarium.
I wanted to make sure it really is a snapper so I asked her for pictures. These are what she sent me, but they're too murky for me to really see the turtle well enough to say for sure that it's a snapper. Anyone out there able to see them well enough to make a good judgement call? It sort of looks like a snapper, but then again, it sort of looks like a mud turtle:
I guess after seeing that one picture with the tail showing it IS a snapper, right?
