Photo Gallery :: Sheba's black belly

[xsavingsaturdayx]

Oh crap, for real? Who are they?

[scripta_elegans]

Every bit of Queen Sheba is adorable. I'm glad you gave her a blueberry to make up for the belly exposing indignity.
32? Who?

[urbancleopatra]

she's laying there like: pick me up!!!

[SpotsMama]

Here's the thread on the 32 year old. I'll see if I can find the one on the 18 year old. I hope everyone's seen the beautiful thread on the 90 year old?

http://www.redearslider.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10348

[industrial_girl_2000]

Sheba isn't the oldest now, there's one thats 18 years old and one thats 32!

I love that we have more older turtles on the board!!! That is super cool. Kinda like a "geriatric support group", LOL!!!!

[industrial_girl_2000]

she's laying there like: pick me up!!!

It's funny because that's exactly how she acts when she is on her back.

When I lived at home with my parents (many yrs ago), I used to let Sheba out to walk in the living room, which was one step lower than the rest of the house. Wouldn't you know that Sheba would spend an entire day just trying to climb up that 6 inch tall step....she'd get her arms up the step, be on tip-toes, and try to hoist herself up by swatting at the step with one leg...over and over till she would finally lose her balance and land on her back on the carpet (!). Then she would struggle to get herself "righted" again and walk back over to the step to try to climb up it.

Whenever she fell over on her back, we always felt sorry for her and one of us would get up from the kitchen table & flip her over. Back she went to try to climb the step, and the cycle would repeat itself. After a while, she got used to this, and would not longer try to "right" herself. She would just lie pitifully on her back, tip her head up and look at one of us like "EXCUSE ME???? CAN I GET SOME SERVICE OVER HERE????".

My parents still laugh about her doing this 10 yrs later!!!!

[zero_tails]

she has quite the personality huh! shes so cute though, she even looks like a baby.

[industrial_girl_2000]

she has quite the personality huh! shes so cute though, she even looks like a baby.

She knows how to work that "sweet innocent face" thing so I give her a blueberry. Yeesh.

[zero_tails]

haha, you just cant resist that adorable res begging face!

[Safdar]

Also those eyes
I like sheba's eyes

[scripta_elegans]

That's too funny. I can just see it too.

[SpotsMama]

Industrial girl, the other person with an 18 year old turtle that's posted on here recently is tissigirl.

[industrial_girl_2000]

Industrial girl, the other person with an 18 year old turtle that's posted on here recently is tissigirl.

thanks! Have already been talking with her!

Like I said, we have to get a geriatric support group going.....!

[kaimarion]

How long do RES live , some people say 40+ years some say 50+ years????

[SpotsMama]

Who knows. I've seen estimates as high as 60 years. Different people seem to have different opinions. Anyway, a long time.

There's a theory out there that turtles don't age like we do - in other words, their cells and organs don't wear out. Eventually they die because somethiing kills them like disease or an accident but until that happens they just continue to live. Which would make them theoretically immortal.