There are legends that a turtle nearly the most long-living animal in bondage. Actually, it not so. If it is interesting to you how many years to your turtle, look narrowly at her better. Though for profane persons one turtle is similar to another, as like as two peas, even the nonspecialist can determine both a floor, and the age.
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Instruction
1. To determine the age of a turtle, count rings on edge of an armor. At a young animal to which it was not executed two years each half a year on an armor it is formed two – three rings. Then one ring appears every year.
2. With age growth of a turtle slows down. So far growth goes intensively, sites of a carapace between guards light, very bright. With age the tortoise shell darkens. The armor of a mature turtle becomes extended, young turtles have an armor – round. The European overland turtle reaches puberty by 3-5 years, Central Asian later: males by 5-6 years, females by 10-14.
3. It is possible to try to determine the age of a turtle by the armor size. So the overland Central Asian turtle v1 has year the size of an armor, equal 5 cm, in 2 years - 6 cm, in 3 years - 8 cm, in 4 years – 9-10 cm, in 5 years – 11-12 cm, in 6 years – about 14 cm.
4. The sizes of krasnoukhy turtles differ. Females in 1 year have armor length about 6 cm in 2 years — 9 cm, in 3 years — 14 cm, in 4 years — 16 cm, in 5 years - 18 cm, in 6 years about 20 cm Males, as a rule, 2-4 cm less.
5. Maximum life term krasnoukhy water skulls in bondage of 35-50 years. At the same time they can reach the size in 28-30 cm. Overland turtles live up to 30 years.
6. It is possible to define a sex at a turtle only at age of 6-8 years. It is the best of all to do it in comparison with other turtles.
7. At males the lower part of an armor, a plastron, is closer to a tail will bend a little. It is necessary that it was easier for males to be from above during pairing. The lower end of a plastron at females is rounded off, and at males has letter V form.
8. At males overland skulls longer claws and femoral spurs. The foul place at females is closer on a tail, besides at females, as a rule, the opening in a plastron is wider, than at males.
9. Pay attention to behavior of your turtle. Males are more active, are even aggressive. Attack other turtles, try to scramble from above or to turn. If your turtle often makes characteristic rockings by the head up-down, then you have, most likely, a male.