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[ZEUS]

Zeus...when you decide to do chameleons, we will get together. I'll PM my phone number. First! Throw out the aquarium!!! I have run a reptile shop, and breeding operation in Daytona, for thirteen years. Let me know. Wayne

Right on! I know they need a lot of attention and care, other than that, I don't know anything really. So it would be great to get the kind of guidance you could offer. Thanks, Wayne.
Justin

[nfpgasmask]

RE: Snappers: See a common theme here?





Size doesn't matter to me. I will start with hatchlings if I can and once they get to be too much to handle I will release them back in the midwest where they belong or trade them with a breeder for new babies.

I would love a Mata Mata but I am worried about feeding. According to a lot of care sheets, feeder goldfish are no good for them for a few different reasons. So I am worried about beiing able to feed them properly.

Bart

[Chopper]

Mr. Bart," The Missouri Turtle Man" will be happy to take care of all your snapper needs. Baby alligator snappers start at around 50 bucks. Mattas=PIA. All sidenecks in general, Mattas in particular. Skin/water issues...they are dirty. If you get a Matta, You gotta get a Pipa frog to go with it...just not in the same enclosure. And yeah, there are ammonia issues with feeding Goldfish...the turtle is an ammonia factory on his own. Snappers are much tougher...and they eat rats to pork chops Wayne

[nfpgasmask]

Yeah, I am a huge fan of Pipa Pipa and also Xenopus. I would love to have two tanks (one for frogs and one for turtles) but the Mrs. kinda doesn't want me to have a zoo in the house, and I would kinda just like to concentrate one tank, and make it really awesome. Snappers are my first choice, because I think they simply rock and they are super hearty. It takes SERIOUS neglect to have a problem with a snapper.

I wonder though, I was on kingsnake.com recently and I was looking for ally snappers and one of the sellers said "no shipment to Nevada", so now I am wondering if they are prohibited in NV like they were in IL, even for CB hatchlings... I am pretty sure common snappers are ok though.

Mattas are super cool, but I would only want one if I had a huge tank and was 100% confident I could properly care for it. Otherwise I think I would rather just stick with a couple baby snappers.

Bart

Mr. Bart," The Missouri Turtle Man" will be happy to take care of all your snapper needs. Baby alligator snappers start at around 50 bucks. Mattas=PIA. All sidenecks in general, Mattas in particular. Skin/water issues...they are dirty. If you get a Matta, You gotta get a Pipa frog to go with it...just not in the same enclosure. And yeah, there are ammonia issues with feeding Goldfish...the turtle is an ammonia factory on his own. Snappers are much tougher...and they eat rats to pork chops Wayne