The life span of the yellow-headed side-necked turtle is relatively long, and they can be raised at home as pets or live in the wild. Specifically, there is a difference in life span between wild and captive yellow-headed side-neck turtles, and sometimes the difference is very large. For wild yellow-headed side-neck turtles, their life span will be longer. Under normal circumstances, their life span can reach 60 years, or even longer. Unless the environment is very bad, the life span of wild yellow-headed side-neck turtles is generally longer than that of farmed ones.
For yellow-headed side-necked turtles in captivity, their life span may be shorter, sometimes around 30 years. If they die of illness, their life span will be shorter. Therefore, if we want to breed yellow-headed side-neck turtles as pet turtles at home and want to make them live longer, we must pay attention to the way of breeding and keep the environment suitable. Specifically, water temperature, feeding, space and other factors are more important.
To judge whether the yellow-headed side-neck turtle is in the adult stage, we can judge according to their body length. Male turtles and female turtles are different in size when they grow up. The length of a male turtle may be only 40 or 50 centimeters, but the size of a female turtle is even longer, at 60 or 70 centimeters. To make a specific judgment, you can first look at their length, if their length is almost the same as that of adults, and they have not continued to grow for a long time, then they are adults. In terms of age, 5-6 years old is the age of their adulthood.
