They grow in a year

Make sure first that you are eliminating any other possbilities for your babys reason for not eating. Does he have a sunning area? Is there enough water in your tank? Also make sure check the water temperature. Normal temp should be between 82-85F for sick or young turtles. A sustained temp. between 65-72F can contribute to loss of appetite and cause respiratory infection. Try small live feeder fish. Crickets only as a treat. Chopped green beans, carrot tops, dandelion. Make sure is is getting enough calcium and minerals. Cuttlebones are good.

maybe your turtle is following the frog keep the frog in a separate cage if it is not following the frog its probably very safe

He might have shell rot, If that's the problem you should go to your vet, But if your turtle has been out of water for a while it is probley just dryed out. Then you might want to put it in some water for a while , yellowbelly sliders must have water in their habitat. Hope this helped!

it dies right away when they are born.

No. I just buried my African Clawed Frog due to yellow bellied turtles attacking him.

Research. If you found the turtle your local library should have books of animals that are common in your area. You can call your local pet shop and ask them if they have someone who is knowledgable about turtles. If so, ask them if you can bring your turtle and have them look at it. If you can't transport it try a picture.

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look at it, if it has a trait like red ears, then search "red ear turtle" on Google. they will have pictures, if the picture shows your turtle, then they will probably have the actual name.

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Google some images or just send me a pic im good at this stuff

probably because it is

8 inches for males 13 inches for females I would suggest the male

You can't visibly distinguish ears on them but they can definitely hear you. I've had my two yellow bellied sliders for about 2 or 3 years now and they come swimming to me when I call their names.

they can eat slugs worms live fish and dead fish bugs .

Yes they do sleep. That is exactly what mine is doing right now. He sleeps a good bit during the day and whenever.

The first year the Yellow bellied slider will grow about 4 to 5 inches and the second year - it will grow to 6 to 7 inches. In the third year it will grow to its maximum size of 8 to 13 inches. Hope this will help you.

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Wing Wong I have read that females can grow upto 12cm (males are smaller) but I am not sure how accurate this info is as I don't know anything about them I am looking into them for a friend!

A general age guess can be gained by simply looking at the size of the turtle. Yellow bellied and red ear sliders will reach approximately the size of a dinner plate when full grown.

The temperature of the water should be about 75-80 degrees fahrenheit. I would say that 80 should be perfect.

If you are feeding your turtle with the typical dry sticks you pick up at the pet store, than you would feed him two or three sticks a day while he is small (the size of a half dollar or so). Break them in half to make them smaller and drop them in the water to soften. As the turtle grows add more sticks to accommodate it. Sliders will also eat small crickets and earthworms. Just be careful not to give it anything bigger than it can handle.

They lay about five or six depending on the sprim

Great except I watched our red earred slider dig for an hour, lay her eggs, and upon unearthing them before the raccoons did, I counted 17 eggs. Must have been a lot of "sprim" eh? I am more concerened about the home made incubator temperature of the Protected sandy nest I have them in. (?)

Yes. Trachemys (Slider) x Graptemys (Map turtle) hybrids are rare, but they exist along with other cross-genus hybrids such as fully fertile Map hybrids with Diamondback Terrapins.

they dig a hole in the ground and live there

crickets and mealworms

Turtles can be cannibalistic. Adult and hatchling turtles should not mix. Also turtles with large size differences should be kept separate. A larger turtle would quite happily take a snap at a hatchling causing serious damage or death. So no, don't mix your baby turtles with your adults.