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Red eared sliding turtles Source 1 There is other different ear colored turtles like the yellow eared turtles. The red eared sliding turtles are found in the United States east of the Rockies. The red eared sliding turtles are fresh water turtles. They spend most of there time in warm water of there native habitats. They are strong underwater swimmers but they spend most of there time hauling out on logs or rocks. The red eared sliding turtles are all omnivores which mean they eat animal’s protein and vegetables. The young turtles need 40% of protein food, but the adults need heavily more amount of vegetables. In the wild they are beginning by eating small fish and amphibians.

Source 2 The scientific name for the red eared sliding turtle is Chrysemys scripta elegans. This turtle is a great strong swimmer. In the wild the turtles are almost always sitting on a rock or log. A turtle is a reptile and it is cold blooded. Red eared turtles are not very good pets, because they get very big and they have to have something to sit on. The only way it can be a pet is when you have a big take or container to put it in. And you also have to have lots of small fish to feed it and lots of lettuce. It spends most of its time around or in water. It also can be in rivers or lakes. But the red- eared sliding turtles prefer marshes, ponds, and slow motion water supplies that have lots of food and basking areas. The red eared sliding turtle that are kept as pets usually go through sexual maturity between 2-4 years of age. But the females might not go through maturity until the age of 5-7. You can tell if you have a boy or a girl because the female is larger that the male. But the male has longer tails and claws than the female.

Source 3 The red eared slider is a household pet. They will not die by improper handling. If you put a red eared turtle it wants live for a very long time. Like fish and other animals it needs a proper habitat. The tank needs to be cleaned every 45 days. Also it needs a water filter system so it won’t be swimming in dirty water for long. The younger red eared turtles eat animals for there protein. The adult turtles eat more leaves and greens. But the diet is the younger turtles should be fed everyday but the adults can be fed every 2-3 days. The red eared turtles can be fed a mixture of food commercial and natural food. Commercial pellets are convenient and nutritious since they contain vitamins and minerals. The male turtle is mature when it reaches 4 inches in length, and when they are 2-5 year old. The female takes a bit of 6-7 inches of length or when they are 5-7 years old. The male turtle has longer claws on the front than the female. The male’s tail is longer and thicker than the female.

Source 4 Another thing for male maturity is when a male’s plastron is the length between 90mm-100mm and a female plastron is the length of 150mm-195mm. the mating season of the red eared sliding turtle is between March and July and the laying eggs period is from May to July. A female red eared turtle can lie between 2 and 30 eggs. The incubation period is between 60 and 90 days. The eggs may emerge only by spring. The turtle babies possess a tooth to open the eggshell. Then the tooth will fall off in an hour and the tooth will never grow back in there life. The red eared sliding turtle may live for 50 to 70 years in the wild and 35 years in captivity (house pets or sea world). But the FDA has banned the sale of the red eared sliding turtle of the length of 4 inches. Also it banned the sale of the turtle eggs. Keep this in mind when you want to buy your own turtle.

Source 5 This turtle gets its name from the reddish strip behind the head. The undersurface of its chin is rounded and there is a V-shaped notch at the front of its jaw that is not flanked by cusps. Most of this turtle is dark olive green with thin yellow green, and bars on the top of its shell, legs, and face. This turtle lives in most freshwater lakes. The female is faithful to the ranges and will only leave to search for males nest and hibernate. If the waterway would evaporate the turtle will stay there till the water comes back. If the waterway gets completely dry you would migrate to a better area. The males take longer to mature it takes them to be 5-7 years old till they fully mature.