2006-11-06 02:15:36 · 7 answers · asked by Dual M 1 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
A turtle can live for 100 years, but the average life span for box turtles is 40 years.
2006-11-06 02:30:10 · answer #1 · answered by JerseyBoy_43 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have one that I have had for over 13 years, and is still going strong. I am expecting them to live for about 50 years. And I don't know how old mine was when i got her. You cannot count rings on a shell... they are not trees. You can only estimate, and sometimes that's wrong too. Unless you hatch them, I don't think you can ever really know EXACTLY how old the turtle is.
I think they can live longer than 50 years also, but I'm not sure how much longer.
2006-11-07 00:18:23 · answer #2 · answered by intensityin10cities 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With good care and a clean evnironment a box turtle would likely outlive you! Possibly 100+ years.
2006-11-07 13:41:04 · answer #3 · answered by codie_m_91 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
.I've heard 50 or 60 years in the wild. You can figure the age by basically counting rings like on a tree. Check out one of the sections on its top shell, its carapace. Count how many rings there are and that is the age of the box turtle
2006-11-06 02:54:54 · answer #4 · answered by twjones1029 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In captivity, they tend to live between 1 and 45 years- obviously, the kind of care they get makes a big difference!
In the wild, they can get to over 100 if they are lucky! 50 is probably a more common age.
2006-11-06 06:05:25 · answer #5 · answered by Madkins007 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think average is about 60 yrs but there are turtles that lived
to be 80-90-100 yrs , they are like the tortoises
2006-11-06 18:18:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
100rds of years if treated right and in the right environment
2006-11-06 13:02:38 · answer #7 · answered by blu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋