Dear Ryan, I’m the woman in Texas, proud but befuddled owner of a superior Hologymnosus doliatus. M. T. is doing well, growing and showing off, as usual. I’m scouting out foster homes with BIG, well-kept aquariums for his future. Since you helped me before, I’m back with a question about something unrelated to fish but having to do with a hapless young turtle. The other day a friend and I were attempting a workout at a local high school track. Just next door is a field (creek included) that is being developed — being cleared with tractors and generally upsetting the natural activity that’s been going on there for gosh-knows-how-long. As we rounded the track we came upon a very small (I’d say about 2 inches in diameter) snapping turtle. I feel pretty sure he was high-tailing it away from his formerly happy home because of all the disturbance in his environment. Well, he wasn’t making very good time around the track, so I put him in a b
