How long can turtles live?

Answer 1

It depends on the turtle. Red ear slider turtles live an average of 80 years. Sulcatta tortoises live much longer. Some turtles such as the Galapagos turtle can live up to 250 years old.
i think turtles can live up to 80 years.

Answer 2

Wrong, tortoises can live for 200+ years, the type i own (redfoot) lives so long none in captivity have died from old age!

If you wish to keep a tortoise, you will need a...

(a) 100 gallon terrarium, or a tortoise table. a tortoise table is a bookshelf flipped over on its back, to build a tortoise table get a tble (bookshelf, fooseball, old table that is not needed) and put plywood around the side so a tortoise can't get out, then fill it with the substrate of appropriate species.

(b)make sure you do your research on the species, and have the tortoise table ready. good starters are, the SULCATA TORTOISE, a desert species that does not hibernate, and CHEAP, but gets BIG. the REDFOOT TORTOISE, requires a little more care for humidity but is very hardy, and friendly, normally 10-12 inches and 20 pounds.

(c) a hiding place,( not a heated cave)

(D) a heat lamp and UVB light.

(e) substrate, i recommend ground coconut husk (it looks like play ground sand but brown), as it can be kept moist for tropical humid species, and dry for desert species.

(g) a basking rock, a brick with substrate works fine. but NEVER USE A HEAT ROCK.

if you can complete these your tortoise will outlive you! good luck!

Answer 3

About 40 years