Turtles are some of the most surprising animals over whom almost not imperiously time. Experts claim that they for the last 200 million years of a turtle did not change externally, on the way of life. Many people are fond of cultivation overland skulls in houses as pets. These sluggish creations do not demand a special care, and duration of their life can be many decades.
Instruction
1. Turtles are the real long-livers of fauna. Many of them live up to 150 years and even longer. And you know how many years to your pet? In fact, precisely it is almost impossible to determine the age of an overland turtle, but the approximate number of years can be defined, having taken the following advice of skilled razvodchik.
2. The age of a turtle can be determined by the size of her armor. The turtle continues to grow throughout all life, its armor becomes longer and also considerably changes a form. At turtles longer claws and a long tail are aged observed. If you got the Central Asian overland turtle, then ratios of age and length at her the following. The newborn turtle reaches in length from 3 to 3.5 cm, and about 10-12 grams weigh. At the age of one year the turtle reaches in length of 4.5-5 cm, and 25-35 g weigh. In 2 years the turtle reaches 5.5-6 cm and weight in 48-65 grams, in 3 years - 7.5-9 cm and the weight of 95-150 g, in 10 years - length from 15 cm and weight from 150 g. Growth rate of a turtle in house conditions depends on the size of a terrarium, quality of a forage, special additives and other factors.
3. The second way of determination of age of a turtle is a calculation of rings on the top part of an armor (on scientific it is called a carapace). Choose one scale on an armor and count how many on it is available rings grooves. For more exact determination of age you can count quantity of grooves on several scales, and then find an arithmetic average. In one year at a turtle about 2-3 grooves depending on feeding and a way of life are formed. At young turtles of a ring grow much quicker, than at animals aged. Besides, the quantity of rings depends on whether often the turtle falls into hibernation. At elderly turtles the armor becomes more smooth, and rings gradually turn pale.