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The age of a baby turtle?
My daughter found a baby turtle in my neighbors back yard. It is not even 1 inch in diameter. It looks like a yellow slider. I really believe it must of hatched within a couple of days ago, it just started eating after two days in captivity. Any way of telling if I am right?
Well, he looks like he may have an egg tooth, its pointy anyway. We dont plan on keeping him, just for a little while for my daughter to watch him grow. When he is bigger, we are taking him to a pond nearby.
I am in Central Florida
3 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
check to find an egg tooth. it is a little bump on it's nose that it uses to escape from the shell. they loose it after about a month or two old. It is very visible and sharp with newborns and dulls with age.
Source(s): baby turtle owner. - luvexoticsLv 61 decade ago
If you plan on keeping him any time longer than like a week you need to make sure he has a proper set up with filters lights (basking and UV). Where are you located becasue most yellow bellys mate march-june and the babies hatch may-aug.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
if it's new new it will have an egg tooth, a sharp looking 'tooth' by his mouth, if nit he's at least a couple of months old. if you plan on keeping him beware the smell, they need at least a 30 gallon tank as adults.
