Baby Common Snapper - gonna foster him! :D

[ramanth]

Walking back up to the apartment with the dogs, I nearly stepped on a baby snapper curled up in the parking lot.

He was encrusted in dirt, eyes closed, barely moving. I was surprised as it's very late in the year for hatchlings. I didn't want him to die alone or suffer, so I brought him in and placed him in a little tub and about a half hour later he started wobbling around.

His right eye won't open and his left eye opens only a little. Very tiny. Size of a quarter.

My mom thinks it'll be okay to keep him during the winter and let him go in the spring. Or should I just stick him outside and let fate have him.

Whadda think?

*edit* Decided to keep him safe, warm, and fed until next Spring/Summer.