How long will my Red Ear Slider Turtle live?

Question

I am going to get 3 turtles and put them in a tank together. Will they kill eachother? How long are they going to live?

Answer 1

Do not put three turtles in a tank together-I'm gonna try to give you some advice here that many people make the mistake of doing.

Red Ear Sliders can live for 20 years easily with proper care and 40 years of age is a definite possibility. However, they need expensive items in order to provide the right care.

RES need a large tank (ten gallons per inch of shell), a water heat, large filter (2x size of tank), a dock, two light fixtures, a 5% UVB bulb and a heat bulb (78F water, 90F basking). People have over 200 gallon glass tanks-not joking. It is best to stick with one turtle. They are not social and will flutter (wave their claws at each other's faces) and will have terrible injuries. Try this link for a simple chart with basic/premium options and costs http://redearslider.com/startup.html

Good luck.

Answer 2

I have to ponds, and have 5 red ears sliders and 2 yellow belly sliders. My female is 20 years old, I have had her 17 years. I have 3 babies that are roughly 5 months old kept inside in a small tank. The turtles go from one pond to the other and are in a secure low fenced area to lay eggs and I have a screen canopy on top so they aren't directly exposed to the hot sun all day. I also live in the high desert, the turtles hibernate during the winter, and start moving around early spring. They have been a joy to have and watch there daily activities. They love basking in the sun and stacking on top of each other. The kids in the neighborhood know me as the turtle lady. And my turtles are very friendly, and handle them all the time and walk them in my court yard for them so see other areas.

Answer 3

my little sister has a red eared slider that she got when we went to Florida turtles will usually get along if they are about the same size. The care papers we got with the turtle said that there life span is about 30 years but Ive heard so many different answers I'm not 100% sure about the lifespan.
GOOD LUCK!!!

Answer 4

The purple-eared Slider is often saved as a puppy and is often bought fee effectively. As with different turtles, tortoises and container turtles, persons that proceed to exist their first year or 2 could be predicted to stay very almost as long as their vendors. persons of this species have lived a minimum of 35 years in captivity.

Answer 5

if they are all RES they should be fine. however do u understand how large they get? a RES should have 10 gallons of water per inch of shell. Ex. 6" turtle 60 gallons of water. they are alot of care and need a very large tank. RES with the proper care, housing and lighting can live 50 years or more..

Answer 6

The straight carapace length (SCL) is used to properly measure a RES. To obtain this measurement, you stretch a line between the front of the shell and the back, ignoring the curvature of the carapace. It is best to use a rigid ruler as opposed to a tape measure.

Hatchlings are roughly 1 inch (2.5 cm) in length. After the first year, a hatchling, now referred to as a yearling, should be around 2-3.5” inches long. Male yearlings become sexually mature around 4 inches in length, females about 5 inches. The average length of an adult RES can vary between 7 to 12 inches. Adult males range between 7-9 inches (17.8 cm - 22.8 cm) while adult females fall between 10-12 inches (25 cm - 30.5 cm).
Note: Size cannot reliably indicate age; however, captive turtles usually grow at a much faster rate. This is usually a result of overfeeding and a lack of hibernation periods. Overfeeding causes dangerous health (physical and intestinal) issues and captive RES do not need hibernation.
With proper habitat and diet conditions, captive RES can live longer than their wild counterparts. Captive RES can live as long as 40 years and wild RES can live as long as 20 years.

Answer 7

Red eared sliders live to 50 years with proper care if they are about same size put togather if different sizes dont put together Have fun

Answer 8

Sadly, because of inadequate care, most Red-ears and other small turtles live about 4-18 months- usually suffering every day of it.

With decent care, they can go 5-10 years, and a good keeper can get over 15 years easily.

For good care outlines, try http://www.redearslider.com

Answer 9

I would say between 30-50 years