Alligator Snapping Turtle For Sale

£800.00
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The iconic Alligator Snapping Turtle is one of the most prehistoric-looking turtles alive today, and the largest freshwater species of turtle in North America!

  • Photos taken September 2024

  • Currently available off-site, please purchase online or contact us to arrange a viewing in store

  • Age: Juvenile, just under 30cm long

  • Sex: Unsexed

  • Average Adult Size: 1.1 - 2.6ft long, up to 45kg+

  • Average Lifespan: 20 to 40+ years

  • Handling: Not suitable for handling, but will take food from tongs

  • Suitability: Experienced keepers only

  • Diet: Opportunistic, omnivorous feeders who require a very varied diet of fish, worms, pellets, crayfish, snails, crustaceans, invertebrates etc

  • Natural Habitat: Freshwater riverbeds of North America

Enclosure recommendations

Should be housed alone due to their incredibly strong bite-force which can seriously injure other inhabitants.

Require a large indoor or protected and insulated outdoor pond as an enclosure, with strong filtration (but slow water flow), a water heater, and an accessible area for them to leave the water and bask under UV lighting.

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The iconic Alligator Snapping Turtle is one of the most prehistoric-looking turtles alive today, and the largest freshwater species of turtle in North America!

  • Photos taken September 2024

  • Currently available off-site, please purchase online or contact us to arrange a viewing in store

  • Age: Juvenile, just under 30cm long

  • Sex: Unsexed

  • Average Adult Size: 1.1 - 2.6ft long, up to 45kg+

  • Average Lifespan: 20 to 40+ years

  • Handling: Not suitable for handling, but will take food from tongs

  • Suitability: Experienced keepers only

  • Diet: Opportunistic, omnivorous feeders who require a very varied diet of fish, worms, pellets, crayfish, snails, crustaceans, invertebrates etc

  • Natural Habitat: Freshwater riverbeds of North America

Enclosure recommendations

Should be housed alone due to their incredibly strong bite-force which can seriously injure other inhabitants.

Require a large indoor or protected and insulated outdoor pond as an enclosure, with strong filtration (but slow water flow), a water heater, and an accessible area for them to leave the water and bask under UV lighting.

The iconic Alligator Snapping Turtle is one of the most prehistoric-looking turtles alive today, and the largest freshwater species of turtle in North America!

  • Photos taken September 2024

  • Currently available off-site, please purchase online or contact us to arrange a viewing in store

  • Age: Juvenile, just under 30cm long

  • Sex: Unsexed

  • Average Adult Size: 1.1 - 2.6ft long, up to 45kg+

  • Average Lifespan: 20 to 40+ years

  • Handling: Not suitable for handling, but will take food from tongs

  • Suitability: Experienced keepers only

  • Diet: Opportunistic, omnivorous feeders who require a very varied diet of fish, worms, pellets, crayfish, snails, crustaceans, invertebrates etc

  • Natural Habitat: Freshwater riverbeds of North America

Enclosure recommendations

Should be housed alone due to their incredibly strong bite-force which can seriously injure other inhabitants.

Require a large indoor or protected and insulated outdoor pond as an enclosure, with strong filtration (but slow water flow), a water heater, and an accessible area for them to leave the water and bask under UV lighting.

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