The flame turtle is a common pet turtle species, and it is very suitable to keep it at home. The life span of the flame turtle is relatively long. Specifically, if they are raised at home, their average life span will be about 30 years. There are some differences in the life span of different varieties, but in general, their life span can reach 30 years. If the breeding method is more appropriate, the surrounding environment is more suitable for the growth of flame turtles, then they can live longer, will be about 50 years. Therefore, if you want to make their life longer, you need to pay attention to careful maintenance. Especially when the flame turtle is still relatively small, it is easier to get sick at this time, such as pneumonia, gastroenteritis and so on, need special attention, otherwise they are easy to die after getting sick.
The above is the life span of the flame turtle in family breeding. In the wild, they live much longer, sometimes as long as 100 years. Of course, their life span will also be affected by the surrounding environment, and their life span will be longer if the surrounding environment is suitable.
The back shell of the flame turtle will change color, from yellow-green to black-red in the process of breeding. Generally speaking, about four months after breeding, they will begin to turn red, which may not be particularly obvious at first, and then become more and more obvious. However, the time of discoloration is not necessarily affected by the growth environment of flame turtles, such as feeding, light and so on. If there is no problem with the way of breeding, but the flame turtle has not turned red for a long time, it may also be a genetic problem, they do not have the gene to turn red.
