Turtle babies(red eared slider)?

Question

I want my turtle (which are red eared sliders) to have babies, it seems like forever! can some one plz tell me the signs that my turtle might have babies!

Answer 1

must have a male and female.

They never breed before 5 yrs old.

Mating only happens in May thru June and babies happen in 80 to 90 days...

Total Body length: 5-8" average, up to 12 inches max. Life span: 15-25+ years

Males have the longer front nails and are used in mating. And are considered mature at about 5 yrs old. You can’t start sexing till about  3” plus  across.

The bigger the environment the bigger the healthier the turtle.

Did you know that they need to bask under a reptile light UVA for 8 to 10 hrs a day for the vitamin D that they need to grow. So that means getting a turtle dock also. They sleep under the water at the bottom of rivers ,stream,ponds,lakes and tanks to avoid preadors of land and air. Some large moth bas have been known to dine on slliders also.

Leave the heater on 75 to 78 degrees always.

Their water needs to be clean otherwise they get sick easily from dirty water cause they p**p allot.

You need a good filter system! Gravel larger than they can swallow.

You need to feed them feeder guppies, goldfish or minnows for protein and calcium daily drop 20 or so in the tanks and watch them disappear! This way when they swim for their dinner they get exercise also!

TOSS in a bird cuttle bone in the water for calcium. it will dissolve real slow and if they eat it that’s fine!!

They can have garden worm, meal worms, crickets, flies, crayfish and  anything that moves!

They need leafy greens Romaine, Butter lettuce. (Iceberg and cabbage are bad for them, any other leafy greens will do) for vitamin A that they need at least 3 to 4 times a week.

You probably already know that they get sick easily, shell rot, respiratory sickness, lopsided swimming, coughing, blowing bubbles from their nose, Swollen cloudy eyes means lacking in Vitamin A. Which we all need for good eyes. Google ‘vegetables with Vitamin A.

I wish you luck.

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Answer 2

okay I happen to have three red ear sliders, that were given to me by my best friend

she tried to breed them but it wouldn't work

check their tail

if it's thick it's a boy

if it's thin it's a girl

if you have male and female there could be something medically wrong with them get it checked out

Answer 3

could be bleeding