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12-24-12, 11:25 PM
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Turtle ID
So I just got my camera for Christmas and can finally post pics of the remaining one of two turtles I adopted. The girl who bought them purchased them as red-eared sliders, but since 1) she's an imbecile, 2) they came in missing body parts, and 3) they don't have any red, I wanted a second opinion.
(The stuff on its shell appears to be some kind of paint that presumably the girl who neglected the hell out of them put on. The one that died had blue paint. Doesn't seem to bother it, so I haven't tried to get it off.)
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12-25-12, 12:05 AM
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Re: Turtle ID
Maybe a Cumberland turtle?
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12-25-12, 12:07 AM
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Re: Turtle ID
reading a little, apparently red eared sliders can lack the red if they're a cross (like red eared slider x cumberland)
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12-25-12, 12:38 AM
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Re: Turtle ID
It does look exactly like a Cumberland. I wonder if there's any way to tell if it's a cross or pure?
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12-25-12, 02:14 AM
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Re: Turtle ID
Don't know what he is but nice pictures 
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12-25-12, 02:16 AM
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Re: Turtle ID
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Don't know what he is but nice pictures |
Thank you. I'm so glad to have a camera again. I'm sure I'll be spamming the hell out of this place with them soon. 
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12-25-12, 03:35 AM
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Re: Turtle ID
He's adorable. I didn't think you could still get such small babies here in the US.
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12-25-12, 03:48 AM
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Re: Turtle ID
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He's adorable. I didn't think you could still get such small babies here in the US.
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The other one was smaller, actually, if you can believe it. Of course, they may have been so small because they came from bad conditions into more bad conditions, not because they were actually supposed to be that small.
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12-25-12, 06:10 AM
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Re: Turtle ID
Zoo Nanny was probably referring to the 4-inch law. In short, it really only pertains commercial selling.
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12-25-12, 06:26 AM
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Re: Turtle ID
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Zoo Nanny was probably referring to the 4-inch law. In short, it really only pertains commercial selling.
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Well the girl purchased them from a company. She didn't produce them herself.
And what's your take on species? I went to a turtle forum and asked, and the only person who's responded so far says definitely RES.
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12-25-12, 06:54 AM
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Re: Turtle ID
I want to say yellow belly slider
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12-25-12, 07:07 AM
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Re: Turtle ID
They're definitely in the Trachemys genus, of which RES are in, as well as Cumberlands and YBS. I couldn't tell ya which one it is. As others stated, not all RES have red-ears!
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12-25-12, 03:01 PM
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Re: Turtle ID
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They're definitely in the Trachemys genus, of which RES are in, as well as Cumberlands and YBS. I couldn't tell ya which one it is. As others stated, not all RES have red-ears!
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So I guess I'll never know. XD That's alright though. I suppose it doesn't make much difference, as long as the care is relatively similar - I've been caring for it like a RES.
I have a question though. Its underside is soft, which I interpreted to be MBD. It wasn't eating much because of the missing lower jaw, so I mashed up its pelleted food and added a calcium plus supplement into a liquid and have been giving it a drop of that several times a day, and it seems to have perked up. But on the turtle forum was suggested to be a deepset fungal infection. Any ideas?
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12-26-12, 06:26 AM
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Re: Turtle ID
Yuo can always use a dichotomous key. That would help you better than me, since I don't have the turtle right in front of me.
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12-26-12, 01:19 PM
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Re: Turtle ID
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Yuo can always use a dichotomous key. That would help you better than me, since I don't have the turtle right in front of me.
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Well the 2 of the 3 people that responded on turtle forum said Cumberland, but the thread was locked before I could get any further thoughts. I guess I'll just go with Cumberland.
Any thoughts on the fungal infection though?
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