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Jennifer33 · Guest Joined: 01 Feb 2008 Posts: 2

I bought my turtle at a pet store, and she is maybe about 5" long. I would really like a good estimation of how old she might be, without taking her to the vet.
Any tips on this?

Fred_and_George · Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:15 pm Post subject:

it is hard to tell how old a turtle is based on thier size. they can grow at different rates depending on cirumstances (NOT cage size). for example, i have two turts. when i got them they were the same size and age, one got sick and stopped growing while the other one was fine and grew to be twice the size of my sick one. they are about the same size now, with the sick one now healthy and a bit bigger than my other one. basically my point is that, unless you know the exact date that it hatched, there is no way to tell
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Jennifer33 · Guest Joined: 01 Feb 2008 Posts: 2

Wow - that's interesting. I didn't realize it was so hard to tell! Thanks for the info!

garothmaan · Level 1 Joined: 06 Nov 2007 Posts: 10

I have res and 1 is big and the other is half its size, but it is very shy and slow and not very active like the big 1, whats wrong

linnypoooh · Level 2 Joined: 06 Sep 2006 Posts: 30

I had the same problem... and for my res... he was sick. He got weaker and weaker... then eventually passed away while i was at work =(