I’ve had to move plenty of these snappy bastards out of traffic areas.
I use a thick pear of work gloves to keep from getting scratched and pick them up from the side, 9 and 3 spots. Back legs may try to kick/scratch but that’s what the gloves are for.
Hold far away from you, good chance they will pee.
Move them to a safe area and after a short while, they are back on their way safe and sound.
Only time I’ve ever witnessed them being handled was when we had someone come onto our property to trap them. We had hundreds in a 7 acre man made lake. Big problem for our ducks and stuff, so we wanted to thin their numbers.
Dude let my 9yo self accompany, and it was pretty neat. Learned to set and bait the traps and how to handle them.
He didn’t touch the shell at all, he gave them a short section of stick to bite and hold, and grabbed them by the tail. They only needed to be moved from the trap into the barrel, so that was fine. Idk if one would trust that to move them much further.
In a single trip around the traps, we’d usually get 20 or so full grown turtles. He ate them, so he was thrilled with free turtle, and we were thrilled to make the lake safer, also for free.
I’ve had to move plenty of these snappy bastards out of traffic areas.
I use a thick pear of work gloves to keep from getting scratched and pick them up from the side, 9 and 3 spots. Back legs may try to kick/scratch but that’s what the gloves are for.
Hold far away from you, good chance they will pee.
Move them to a safe area and after a short while, they are back on their way safe and sound.
Turtle power 🐢
Only time I’ve ever witnessed them being handled was when we had someone come onto our property to trap them. We had hundreds in a 7 acre man made lake. Big problem for our ducks and stuff, so we wanted to thin their numbers.
Dude let my 9yo self accompany, and it was pretty neat. Learned to set and bait the traps and how to handle them.
He didn’t touch the shell at all, he gave them a short section of stick to bite and hold, and grabbed them by the tail. They only needed to be moved from the trap into the barrel, so that was fine. Idk if one would trust that to move them much further.
In a single trip around the traps, we’d usually get 20 or so full grown turtles. He ate them, so he was thrilled with free turtle, and we were thrilled to make the lake safer, also for free.