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Post Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 5:23 am   How To Tell How Old My Turtle Is

I was given a young red ear slider turtle not sure what the age is there anyway I can tell?
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Post Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 5:23 am   Re: How To Tell How Old My Turtle Is

there is no way to tell the exact age
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Post Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 5:57 am   Re: How To Tell How Old My Turtle Is

1. Females get Bigger then Males
2. Each turtle grows at different rates like Humans. You cant line up a bunch of kids and tell there exact age by how long there toes or something lol, same goes with turtles.
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Post Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 7:54 am   Re: How To Tell How Old My Turtle Is

How small was the turtle when you acquired it?
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Post Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 11:04 pm   Re: How To Tell How Old My Turtle Is

not sure I know for sure it not a hatchling
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Post Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 4:33 am   Re: How To Tell How Old My Turtle Is

How big is he now?
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