8/11/2023 0 Comments Red eared slider pet![]() ![]() Red-eared sliders get their name from the red spot or wide red stripe that’s found behind each eye. ![]() They have yellowish underbellies and green skin, with yellow stripes or dots on their legs and faces. Red-eared sliders are quite attractive and rather flat turtles, with disc-shaped round carapaces (shells) in bright greens with thin yellow striping or blotches. The oldest recorded captive red-eared slider lived to be forty-one years old! In many cases, pet red-eared sliders are even passed down in families from generation to generation. Red-eared sliders can be especially long-lived, enjoying a lifespan of well over twenty years. On average, male red-eared sliders grow to be about 7.9 inches (20 cm) and females to about 11 inches (28 cm). While most people may think of red-eared sliders as being small turtles, they can actually grow to almost two feet in length with proper housing and care! Adult males have longer tails than females and display distinct sword-like front claws, but females will grow to a larger size than their male counterparts. The red-eared slider is a subspecies of the pond slider, and as such doesn’t have its own recognized subspecies. They are the original dime-store turtle-until the Federal Government banned the sale of babies and juveniles smaller than 4 inches due to salmonella concerns in 1975, that is. ![]() Red-eared sliders (also called red-eared terrapins) have been the most popular and commonly kept pet turtle for decades. ![]()
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