General Care Discussion :: skittle's appearance

[Jess+skittles]

i noticed for a long while now that since skittles is a res, her "ears" are not very red comparing to the ones i see on tv or my bf's mom's turtles. in fact, hers is more like a light pink color/barely there... is that normal or is there something wrong? she eats pretty good and moves around alot.. ive caught her sleeping once ( 1st night in her new set up) i was afraid that the water was too cold so i put the lamp back on and saw she had her eyes closed.. took her out and tapped and called her. i was checking to see if she was ok and she woke up.. shes a deep sleeper like me lol. i was curious on what ur thoughts would be on the not so red "ears" of hers. thanks!

[SpotsMama]

It's perfectly normal for some red earred sliders to have pale ears. That's just normal color variation in a RES.

I'd be careful about waking her up out of a sleep by picking her up and tapping on her though. It would be pretty scarey for a turtle to be awakened like that. Especially while she's in a new place she should have plenty of peace and quiet so as to settle in comfortably.

[Tenodera]

We should make a sticky on this...lol

[Jess+skittles]

ok .. thanks!