Other Turtle Discussion :: how old is she?

[defdylan]

how old is my turtle?
every says theres are like 3 years old only being like 3-4 inches mines 6! how old is she?
and the older she is the more inactive she is or no?

[Ranger The Red Ear Slider]

It's hard to tell your turtles age if you have not owned him since he was born.

[defdylan]

so theres no possible guessing system?

[Ranger The Red Ear Slider]

Hm well... 6 inches I guessed mine was 3 years old at 4 inches so maybe around 5 or 6 years?

[defdylan]

yeah im guessing that. shes an old fart then

[Ranger The Red Ear Slider]

Haha, Not really they can live up to 30 years so he's actually young.

[defdylan]

oh jeez. haha. ill be like 47 when she passes

[TurtleKeeper48]

Actually, they can live more like 50 years. I'm a man who's going on 40, and I smoke and drink and - well, I don't have much hope for out living my turtles. LOL. They're only about 6 now. They live a long time.

They can grow to be 4" in one year, but that's pretty fast growth (pretty common in Pet Store that follow the 4" rule)

We believe my son's turtle is 2 1/2 years old because she looked young and healthy and was just 4" when we got her, and the pet store said she was 1 year old. Per our research, that sounds about right. He's had her a year and a half, so she's now two and a half and her shell length is 6 1/2"

[Ranger The Red Ear Slider]

Yeah I've seen turtles around 40-50 years old. I hope mine lives that long.