Found out rough age of my turtle
Well today the lady who gave my family 3 turtles came into the restaurant. When she gave them to us I forgot to ask their ages so just took a guess at them being in their teens. A couple of years ago 2 of them died. When I saw her today I took the opportunity to ask the age of the remaining turtle. She told me that her sister had had the turtles first and then passed them onto her mother who in turn passed them onto her until my family were given them nearly 10 years ago. After speaking with her mother who also came into the restaurant they couldn't remember the exact age but put the age at somewhere in it's 20s. She told me that she had expected all 3 turtles to have died by now and was amazed that one has lived so long. My understanding is that some turtle species can live for up to 50 years. The species I've got is from what I've been told is a Red eared Slider.
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I see them all summer.
Do you ever let him roam out of the tank ?