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by snakeguy101 on October 29, 2006
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I realize that this is a place for snake enthusiasts but I plan on doing a science fair project regardng the prefered habitat of young snapper turtles. My proceedures so far are:
1)set up a large cage and section it into four distinct habbitats including shallow w/ folliage, shallow w/o folliage, deep w/ folliage, and deep w/o folliage. (shallow being 2-4 inches deep, deep being 5-7 inches deep)
2)feed the turtles the usual amount twice daily directly above the area where they currently reside as not to alter their preference based on food.
3) record which quadrant they are in each morning and evening.
if there are any suggestions or questions, please let me know.
thank you
Chris Hartmann
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by Cro on October 29, 2006
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Sounds like a good project chris. Is there going to be any kind of substrate on the bottom of the tank such as sand or gravell? How many turtles will you be using? Are they all the same size and from the same clutch of eggs?
Best Regards JohnZ
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by SwampY on October 30, 2006
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I know some of the students under whit gibbons had done something similar with snakes. they set up cattle troughs with four different substrates and got data on which of the substrates were preferred by the snakes. I never read the paper and have not heard what, if any, results came out of it.
Chad
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by Rob_Carmichael on October 30, 2006
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Make sure you have the exact same temperatures (air and water) in each of the quadrants where the snappers are choosing from. These are turtles that do enjoy basking so you may even consider providing a small, low wattage lamp directed on one area of each quadrant to see what habitats they prefer to go and bask....just another variable to consider. I would also recommend using some sort of gravel substrate on the bottom. There could be small vibrations/electric currents in certain areas (from underneath from unknown sources) that could cause the turtles to move from what would normally be their preferred habitat to an area with less "disturbance". Let us know how it goes.
Rob Carmichael, Curator
The Wildlife Discovery Center
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by snakeguy101 on October 31, 2006
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The substrate will be sand and the heating will be a gradient from a central light/ heat source. i will post something on this sight to let you guys know. My science teacher is an animal enthusiast and today he took out some dead snakes and we disected them, realy changes the way that you think of the insides of them, just thought that i would share.
Happy Halloween
Chris Hartmann
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