EP13: Alligator Snapping Turtle Pond Build!
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- Опубликовано: 2 июн 2024
- The alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) is one of the world’s largest and heaviest turtle species. Watch this step by step video of how we built a pond for a giant pair of these prehistoric turtles right here at Garden State Tortoise!
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Chi-Chi and Cum ain't telling tales.
Looking back at Chum from the memorial video is sad but he clearly had an excellent two years with you guys. We were lucky to know him 💜
Looks so pre-historic. They're beautiful, but also ugly. 😁
And yes they are amazing creatures!
Pond is stellar! Absolutely awesome video!! Alligator snappers are in the 100lb+ club with Chitra (300lbs), Rafetus (392lbs), Podocnemis expansa (200lbs), Pelochelys bibroni (250lbs), and a wealth of others. You and Greg take care of alligator snappers better than anyone else or institution I’ve ever seen!
Sorry to bother you with such matter, but, is it a sternotherus carinatus on your profile picture ?
Love it dude! Ample space and that pond is really going to mature nicely and those turtles are going to be really happy! 👍🏼👍🏼🐢❤️
Sir, just a humble suggestion. Cement tends to increase the pH value of the water body, but alligator snapping turtles prefer mildly acidic environment. The TDS level is also likely to be increased. So it might be a good idea to monitor the chemical environment of the enclosure continuously and make adjustments accordingly.
What you do is absolutely amazing! Very informative. Thanks for sharing these beautiful creatures with us.
Just came seeing him die , that broke my heart 🥲😭 RIP ❤️
Madd props from Colorado!!!!!!
Badass enclosure BTW
Awesome... if I lived down south I'd do the same thing .
Shout out to Greg's TH!
As always this was a great video. Love watching your channel, because it is very informative. Love the pond, but most of all I love the way you genuinely care for all your turtles/tortoises. You always give them the best you can. Great job. Be safe.❤️🐢🐢🐢🐢
awesome set up
You just got a new subscriber
Awesome thanks!
Saw you on Kamp kenan love the way you Take care of your turtles and you provide a lot of info glad I found your channel man can’t wait for all the turtle care info
Swim in peace, Chum ❤️
Good job!
Excellent!
Great set up! Really good idea about the concrete.
Rest in Heaven Chum 💜
Simply beautiful. .... so wonderful of y'all to make their lives Soo much better...it's magnificent!!!!!🐢🐢🐢💚💚💚💕💕🌺🌺🌺
Amazing enclosure for one of my favorite species of turtle! I'm glad you got this video out. Great job as always ,Chris and keep up the amazing work! Love it!
Love that videos about building new enclosures :)
Just awesome !!!!!!!!!!!! K
Thanks for giving a second chance these beautiful animals.
New subscriber!
That's an awesome set-up !! Great job.
Thats an awesome setup.
Wow. What a great habitat.
Are the rocks supposed to be directly poured down from the truck? It seems a bit irresponsible but IDK, maybe that’s how it’s always done. Anyways, a great and informative video!
He should’ve rented a forklift to get it down to prevent it from breaking into little pieces
They should have be on a flatbed with a forklift attached for optimal delivery
GREAT JOB ON THIS VIDEO AND THE BUILD!!!! 👊🏼
great video Chris!
Looks awesome
If only everyone did keeping like you guys, don’t get the animal unless you KNOW you can give it everything it needs, the enclosure size, the time, the money, the ability to enrich that animals life, otherwise, leave them in the wild where they belong!
Great video!!
Really interested in the winter conditions. I have my common snappers in large stock tanks but still indoors. I would love to make an outdoor setup as we have a large farm and space isn't an issue. My biggest concern is depth and conditions for winter survival. I'm in Massachusetts and similar winters to NJ. Did your depth work for you?
I just found your channel and am loving it very helpful and informative keep up the work I love turtles as well 👍
Great!!!!
awesome!
Man I wish I could raise some baby alligator snappers
great work (y)
I love ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ it
I'll be your friend's ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Great setup! Have a pair also and want to build a pond for them. Appreciate if you could send me details on how you made the filter, and how do you separate them inside the pond when they get violent with each other? Do you have a removable partition or something? Thanks!
RIP Chum.
Wow this is awesome!! Is your park open to the public?
Always love your videos. What two books were you looking at?
great build I have always wanted to build a huge habitat for one of these guys as well. Wife shoots me down every time. By any chance your male did he come from a guy that was in Philly? You said that he came from living in a basement? I knew a guy that had a big male loving in his basement a few years ago.
Chris, this may seem like a stupid question but why use a pond liner and underlayment instead of just digging the hole in the ground and filling it with water and planting some plants and grasses? Is it because you want to be able to see them?
unless you have pure clay, the pond won't hold water... especially in their sandy NJ soil. The rock/cement approach they took is nowhere close to water-tight.
dont forget to feed them fruit occasionally
He would take a hand off.
You said clams, are you feeding them the entire clam , shell and all ?
Hello! What books are you looking at for information? I really need some turtle/tortoise books in my life!!!
Why the hard dump like that? Why not bend over the low fence and lay it on the ground and let it walk into the pond by itself?
I’m from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and I have a few ponds outside my house. We get cold, snowy winters here. I put heaters in my ponds in the winter. Can I put a heater in a pond with an Alligator Snapper or should I make arrangements to have him moved inside for the winter? Also do they hibernate?
Good question, I think you may do just fine. This species is incredibly cold tolerant. Water depth is important though.
Isn’t the cement bad for the turtles to be swimming in ?
I just wondering about
this AST which one subspecies??)
Can alligator snapping turtles swim fast ? And do they bask ?
Chris, what books are you looking at in this video?
Could you do a follow up on how they are doing through the winter? How are they tolerating winter water temps? Thanks.
If you watch the “Turtles Under Ice” journal entry and the full episode called “Turtles, Tortoises and Hibernation” I recently posted, I show plenty of underwater footage of how they’re doing during the winter.
@@GardenStateTortoise Yep. Watch every video. Curious about water temps as might relate building a similar pond in East TN. Not quite as temporate as you or Greg. Thanks for all the videos you produce.
What ratio of sand and concrete did you mix?
What happen to ChiChi?
What is the alligator snapping turtle book you had?
I have a quarter acre pond on my 5 acres.i would love to introduce some native turtles, but I know it has common snappers. Would several species of turtle coexist? I understand resource competition and overpopulation concerns. How do I do a census? Ok, stop laughing....I am serious. Is there a way? I have heard a raft or partially sunken log for basking gives an opportunity for observation, but for snappers that do not (?) bask, I am unsure of how to judge my population. Any feedback is appreciated. Thank you for your diligence.
What books are those?
How are your Alligator Snapping Turtles doing this winter so far?
Their winter progress is included in several of my more recent videos like turtles, tortoises and hibernation, turtles under ice and tomorrow’s video which is called turtles in the snow.
can you tell me please what's the name of the book ??
What book is 2:30