Comments on: How Long Do Red Eared Slider Turtles Live? 5 Tips to Increase Their Lifespan

By: SHARON

SHARON — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 18:02:30 +0000

In reply to Lorena Driscoll. Yes I have a large dock with suction cups too, Had to replace the suction cups as they wear out, My turtle is over 33 + and loves the dock with the light near by. Get the same cups from company, Good Luck

By: Ashley

Ashley — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 03:57:18 +0000

In reply to Rosalee Mather. Omg! That’s so crazy how old she is!! I would be so delighted if I had my Bongo girl for another 30 years!! She’s 31 now <3

By: Ashley

Ashley — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 03:54:55 +0000

I have a red eared slider. Until recently (lol like 5-10 years ago) I was pretty sure it was girl. She is after I invested a lot of time researching about her! She is going to be 31 years old. I got her when I was a year old. She had a 20 year sleep over at my grandparents but due to the need of cleaning and such, I brought her home a few years ago. She is pretty awesome! I love the fact my kids (10&2) now get to enjoy her!

By: Rosalee Mather

Rosalee Mather — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 13:37:01 +0000

I bought my turtle in 1958 and she is 64 years old. I have many turtle stories. I thought she was a boy until I had to take her to the vet for an infection. We called Mr. T forever but I named her Shelly later. I still call her T.
I fed her oat meal flakes for years and turtle food. She eats turtle sticks and leaf lettuce in the summer. She doesn’t eat most of the winter. Keeping her clean in the summer is hard but I put her outside in a pool for the sun. I never thought I would have her this long!

By: Valerie Wallace

Valerie Wallace — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 16:34:42 +0000

I have a red eared slider that I bought in ’88 as a hatching for 50 cents. Now that I have downsized into a condo I tried a smaller tank (55 gallon), but the tank and the filtration system are just too much for me to clean.

Cindy has been a “free range” turtle for ten years – has the run of the condo but prefers to do her business and eat in a large tub that I fill with 10 liters of water. Her UVA and UVB lights are on all day so she can bask. She will ask to be put in the tub by standing on my foot. I go through several changes of water a day, but 10 liters is not that heavy.

For years she lived on cat kibble and frozen peas. Now that we have vets that specialize in reptiles I started her on “Repashy Savory Stew”. It comes in powder form to be made into a gel. She did not like it at all.

She often got into my cat’s food dish which is a complete raw diet for cats made from ground up rabbits, bones and all, including the vegetable contents of the gut for vitamins. I thaw one of the 80 gram patties, give half to my cat and mix the Repashy into the other half. I roll this into bite-sized balls which she takes from my fingers. She eats 40 grams of raw rabbit mixed with a tablespoon on Repashy every other day. At the tender age of 50, she started laying eggs 2 or 3 times a year in the long fibers of my carpet — has no use for the sand, earth and gravel that I provide.

By: Eldee

Eldee — Sat, 17 Jul 2021 02:09:49 +0000

We have a red eared slider that my wife has had for over 40 years. Her name is. Jonnie.She has outlived her pond-mate, Izzy, by 4 years, so far. They are in a giant cement mixing bin with rocks and bark perched on top of a couple of large rocks for her to bask on. The pond is in front of a large sliding glass door and she also has full-spectrum light. There are goldfish in with her. She eats turtle pellets, floating fish pellets and chicken hearts and livers. She occasionally will eat lettuce. We put her outside in a pen with a small feeding bin. After eating she walks around the pen and basks in the sun. Her pond mate must’ve died of old age. One summer day he ate and basked in the sun. I put him on his rock in the pond that evening and in the morning he was still on his rock dead. She does croak at times when she is content, we think. She does seem to have a personality. We used have water hyacinths in the water but she just ate them and made a mess of the pond. We have a large Aquaflo filter in her pond.

By: Dawn Byrne

Dawn Byrne — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 01:09:49 +0000

What kind of quiet and strong filtration system can I get? Mine is not strong enough for my turtle’s 40 gallon tank.

By: Elise

Elise — Sun, 11 Jul 2021 13:31:31 +0000

In reply to Lorena Driscoll. We had the same problem, also it would float away from the basking area. Hubby attacked it to an up-side-down heavy ceramic flower pot with screws. So Christine is 28, and we have told our adult kids who is designated to be her caretaker if something happens to us…

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 23:28:11 +0000

In reply to Dawn Byrne. I use a milk crate (on its side) with a piece of slate for basking. For a ramp I use a plastic rain ramp from home Depot for down spouting. It's connected with Zip ties. My girl is 34ish... Still laying eggs and loves to bask.

By: Dawn Byrne

Dawn Byrne — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 19:06:00 +0000

In reply to Lorena Driscoll. The same thing happened to me recently. The magnetic basking platform floats, but it doesn't stay stuck to the tank. My turtle can't get up onto it because it's plastic and he slips off. I worried that he wasn't eating or basking. I took out the magnetic basking platform and replaced the old platform we were using that my turtle doesn't have a problem with scaling and basking on. He is now eating and basking. Good luck. I'm really mad about the magnetic basking platform. I may write to the company.