General Care Discussion :: Identifying my turtle

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Post Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 1:06 pm   Identifying my turtle

I bought Princess Baby Firefly a couple months ago from a pet store that kept her in a 12g and only fed her goldfish.... I was told she was a YBS, but after noticing an orange splotch on her ear, I became curious. It's hard to tell in the picture. I saw a few pics of a crossbreed YBS and RES and I'm thinking she looks similar? Or maybe not? Lol I have no idea, please help me out :)

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2 RES: Captain Spaulding & Otis Driftwood
1 YBS: Princess Baby Firefly
1 Kitten: Tiny
proud turtle & kitty mommy :)
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Post Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 3:18 pm   Re: Identifying my turtle

Since red eared sliders are a subspecies of yellow bellied sliders, it not uncommon to find yellow bellied sliders with a bit of orange on the side of the heads. We'll need to see a picture of the plastron to know if its an intergrade, and even that isnt fool proof.
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Post Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 3:32 pm   Re: Identifying my turtle

she/he looks awesome whatever it is :D
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Post Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 6:29 pm   Re: Identifying my turtle

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2 RES: Captain Spaulding & Otis Driftwood
1 YBS: Princess Baby Firefly
1 Kitten: Tiny
proud turtle & kitty mommy :)
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Post Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 9:37 am   Re: Identifying my turtle

Looks like a YBS to me, but I'm not very good at this game.
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