Timeline for How would you help a snapping turtle cross the road?
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| Oct 13, 2016 at 15:35 | comment | added | ThunderGuppy | I have used this approach with success myself. With a large enough stick, it is both easy and safe for you. | |
| Oct 13, 2016 at 13:01 | comment | added | Bob Jarvis - Слава Україні | This works well. Use a long stick 2" in diameter or so - I like a six-footer. We've got an old snapper that likes to crawl out of the pond and sun itself in the driveway. If it's in the driveway when I'm trying to go in or out (the driveway is narrow enough that I can't just go around him if he's in the middle - which is, of course, the favored location :-) I'll hop out, find a long branch, and tap his shell a couple times until he latches on. Then pull him into the grass next to the drive, go around him, and we're both happy. Box turtles are easier - just ease them along gently with a foot. | |
| Oct 12, 2016 at 15:07 | comment | added | Necreaux | This approach was recommended by a wildlife expert in a talk about turtles I attended in the last few years. | |
| Oct 12, 2016 at 0:00 | comment | added | Sue Saddest Farewell TGO GL | @Mark That's a good point. Snappers are definitely delicate underneath. Even though their fat legs only get them a few inches above the ground, it's enough to protect them until they get to the moist muddy areas where they settle in! | |
| Oct 11, 2016 at 21:28 | comment | added | Mark | If you're merely using the stick to encourage the snapper to move, it's fine, but dragging one along the ground will cause scrape injuries to the lower shell and legs. | |
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| Oct 11, 2016 at 18:59 | history | answered | Oldcat | CC BY-SA 3.0 |