The yellow-eared turtle is a common species of pet turtle, and many breeders keep them as their pets. They originated in North America and were later introduced to China and other countries. Their life span is generally relatively long. Under normal circumstances, their life span can reach 35 years or even longer.
Breeding yellow-eared turtles in the home, their life span is affected by the surrounding environment. How long they can live has a lot to do with the suitability of the surrounding environment. Specifically, there are many influencing factors. For example, water quality, if the water quality is not suitable, it is easy to cause bacterial growth, yellow-eared turtles are prone to illness, so it will affect their life span; And feeding, inadequate food or feeding them some inferior feed, etc., will affect their life span. Moreover, it should be noted that yellow-eared turtles are more susceptible to illness in the juvenile stage, and are more sensitive to the environment, so they must be carefully maintained and treated in time if they are ill.
The yellow-eared turtle is of medium size and not too big. To determine whether they are adults, you can look at their body length. Generally speaking, the body length of yellow-eared turtles will be more than 20 centimeters after adulthood, generally not more than 30 centimeters. When their body length grows to more than 20 centimeters and their body length is not observed to increase for a long time, they are considered adult. Of course, different individuals of yellow-eared turtles, their size is also different, this way can only roughly determine whether they are adults, not too sure.
