How do you know if your red eared slider is still alive or dead?

Answer 1

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Age- we can guess the age by counting rings on the belly scales, but it is only a guess. You can use size charts, but they don't help a lot either.

ref: http://en.allexperts.com/q/Turtles-3543/Red-Eared-Slider-Turtel.htm

Answer 2

Pick it up and if it moves it is alive.

Lessthanthree_ Turtles :

Other Way to Tell If Your Red Eared Slider has passed away :

if you're turtle is floating ( not swimming ) and doesn't start to move even if you shake the water that means it has passed away.

Answer 3

• Observe your turtle's coloring. Red-eared sliders are brightly colored when they are less than six months old; hatchlings' shells are often kelly green with light yellow markings. After age 1, these colors fade to a muddied, olive hue. After age 2, the turtle will become increasingly darker until his tell-tale red "ears" seem to disappear and his shell turns a brownish or ochre shade.
• Measure the diameter of your turtle's carapace edge-to-edge. When your animal was hatched, his shell may have been no bigger than your thumbnail. However, by the time he was 4 inches long, which is when he could be legally purchased from a pet store, he likely already reached his second birthday. By the age of 4, a turtle can be anywhere between 6 and 8 inches long. Growth then continues to about 12 to 13 inches, after which it is almost impossible to determine age by size alone.
• Examine your turtle's front and back ends. After the age of 2, male red-eared sliders develop elongated claws and tails. The claws are especially prickly and refined between the ages of 2 and 3, and become duller and shorter over time.

(From ehow)

Answer 4

Well, turtles don't really get sad or happy as far as we can tell. If your turtle is way less active than it normally is, or isn't eating its food, then it might be cold or sick. Check his tank and basking area temperatures, and if those are fine, then take it to a vet with a reptile specialist. Keep in mind as turtles mature, they typically become gradually less and less active.

Answer 5

well usually the red on their ears turners pink

Answer 6

1f its doing nothing all daya and the day after that

Answer 7

because it turns bright blue