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Turtles shed about once a year. Each time they shed a layer appears on each scute. Scutes are what makes a turtle's shell look quilted. Each one sheds individually. By looking at how many layers on a scute, that's about how many years old they are. Turtles with no layers are less than a year old.
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How do you tell when a baby snapping turtle is dying?
You can tell when a baby snapping turtle is dieing when it does not move at all for five minutes and a liquid poors slowly out of its mouth.
Can you tell a turtle age from their rings?
count the circils on his or her back
How can you tell if itz male turtle or female turtle?
males have longer skinnier tales and females have short and stubby tails. it can be hard to tell with baby turtles.
How do you tell how old a sea turtle?
There is no way to tell how old a sea turtle is or even how long they live. The best estimate is that they can be up to eighty years old when they die. There are no rings or lines on a turtle shell that increase with age to tell how old the turtle is. A typical sea turtle reaches breeding age around 25-30 (for loggerheads). After a turtle does become an adult, it is anyone's guess how old it is.
How can you tell weather or not the box turtle is a baby turtle?
Most turtles mature at the age of 2-4 years so look on the turtles scutes and see how many layers there are. Each time a scute sheds a new layer appears, turtles shed about once a year, so by reading the layers you can tell the age of your turtle. Turtles 2-3 years and less are juveniles. Turtles 4-5 years and more are adults.
How to tell an age of turtle?
A lot of people would tell you that you know how old a turtle is by counting the boxes on its shell, but it isn't true. I guess the only way to know is to know when it was born. To check it out yourself, you can go to www.yourturtle.wetpaint.com:)
What is the pattern of a baby boy snapping turtle?
y is it so hard to tell turtles apart?
How do you tell the age of a Midland Painted Turtle?
look on google images or determine the sizeof the turtle and stop listening to wiki answers they lie
If the painted turtle is 3 or 4 inches long is it a baby?
No, a painted baby turtle is only the size of a quarter as hatching, the size of the turtle has really no reference to size! Size if composed of age and food supply. a painted turtle is like a red eared turtle which can get up to 8-10" in size depending on the food / environment they are raised in
What do you do with a baby turtle just out of its egg?
i think a baby turtle should try to hide because he or her might be too small to go in the water and the reason they can't go in is because some baby turtle's know how to swim but some baby turtle's don't know how to swim.
What do you do if out a baby turtle?
what do you mean of that? is it that you found a new baby turtle or you got one?
What is the baby of a turtle?
The natural life of a baby turtle is 50-70 years.
