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how old is she?

PostPosted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 10:39 pm
by 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?

Re: how old is she?

PostPosted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 12:16 am
by Ranger The Red Ear Slider
It's hard to tell your turtles age if you have not owned him since he was born.

Re: how old is she?

PostPosted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 2:47 pm
by defdylan
so theres no possible guessing system? :(

Re: how old is she?

PostPosted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 12:38 pm
by 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?

Re: how old is she?

PostPosted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 12:43 pm
by defdylan
yeah im guessing that. shes an old fart then :)

Re: how old is she?

PostPosted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 1:29 pm
by Ranger The Red Ear Slider
Haha, Not really they can live up to 30 years so he's actually young.

Re: how old is she?

PostPosted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 1:32 pm
by defdylan
oh jeez. haha. ill be like 47 when she passes :(

Re: how old is she?

PostPosted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 5:01 pm
by 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"

Re: how old is she?

PostPosted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 11:13 pm
by Ranger The Red Ear Slider
Yeah I've seen turtles around 40-50 years old. I hope mine lives that long.