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[sweety10189110]

I just recently adopted Squirtle who is a RES supposedly, however it isn't showing any signs of red by its ears so I am unsure. We have been reading non stop since we picked it up on Thursday from a friend to make sure we knew how to properly take care of it. It is 2 inches right now and seems to be doing so much better in the set up we have put together than the tiny shoe box tank it was in before.

[dumbork14]

hello! welcome to the forum! i can't see your turt clearly (bad eyesight ), but maybe a yellow-bellied slider??

[sweety10189110]

You know I was thinking that too. But my friend whom I got her/him from was pretty adamant that it was a RES. I'm going to try and get a better picture tonight and post it to see what others may think.

[Listen97]

Could be a painted. Is the under the shell red?


Painted Slider, the amount of red can very from a little like the picture to almost the entire bottom being red.

Yellow Bellied Slider

[sweety10189110]

Here is a closer pic I got of her (not sure what gender it is however I keep calling Squirtle a her out of habit I guess lol) last night.

[sweety10189110]

I'm gonna assume its a yellow belly?

[Listen97]

Yeah looks more like a YBS

[steve]

Welcome to the site! RES don't always have red ears... could be orange or yellow too.

[penelope]

I've read that some RES have yellow stripes; however, RES typically have prominent markings on the plastron and and YBS have little or none...so based on the pic, I'm leaning towards YBS
Oh! and Welcome!!

[sweety10189110]

Thanks for the responses. I'm so glad I found this site. I'm learning so much