Much like some other posters, we'll occasionally scoop up a snapper hatchling to watch at home for a week or so then turn loose. Last year we found this one and had him about a week eating bugs and getting fat. He was TINY. He also had such pretty white spots.
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last year, the snapper hatchling we found
nathana
May 28, 2003 12:52 PM
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CanidMan
May 28, 2003 03:02 PM
Nice looking neonate there. Oh, how much easier it was back then..
-Mike
nathana
May 29, 2003 01:24 PM
back then? You mean when yours were small? If so I totally agree. The largest snapper I've ever kept was maybe the size of my two fists together. I found him drifting listlessly down a stream, thinking he was dead I put him on a stump to get a good look at him. I nearly had a heart attack when he opened an eye to look at me. I looked like he had had a fisherman's hook ripped out from behind his jaw joint forward, the wound looked nasty and his jaw had no strenth on that side. I force fed him bait fish and gold fish all winter long (I found him in late fall) and by spring he was able to draw blood on my with his bites and catch his own fish. I was happy to release him back where I found him and save my fingers (I think perhaps he did not like me so much for force feeding him so long when he could not work his jaw on his own).
Turtlegirl
Jun 07, 2003 06:17 PM
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