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Hey everyone! Check the description. I am aware it’s a female red eared slider. I know fish, but I am learning reptiles 😂. Thanks everyone for the love and support.

My Mother Was born in 1949. She bought a quarter sized turtle from a dime store in Chicago at age 5. My Mother turned 72 this past December. She STILL has her turtle! It's a male River Cooter named Freddy. It's incredible story and people are always blown away how long she's had him

My red-eared slider of 30 years just passed away last month. It was a big loss for me but I'm glad of the time I got to spend with him from childhood right up to adulthood.

I have a red eared slider since I was 5 I'm about to be 44 .she's still alive and doing well❤

I got my slider when I was 8 years old. Today I am 75 close to 76. My turtle is 67 going on 68 with no end in sight. In the summer in Pennsylvania he is in a 2 foot tall 300 gallon tank outside with a waterfall and a closed off basking area he can climb to. He spends a lot of time basking and swimming under the waterfall. In the winter we move him to a 2 foot high 100 gallon tank with a heater at 82 degrees and a basking area with an utraviolet heat lamp at 92 degrees. Henry is very active, very fast and if you approach his summer basking area without calling his name he'll dive off the basking area splashing into the water. The thing I have concern about is where will he live next with the proper care. I currently have 2 options!

Wow! Same. Mine's Lasted 18 years. I went through puberty, graduated HS and College, got my first job, first apartment, he was there for all that. I'm not going to lie, near the end I got really tired of taking care of him and his bites. But never once did I think to release him or neglect him. He was my responsibility, I'm the one who chose him. So yeah I told to my coworkers to check the lifespan of any pet they choose for their kids.

I'm 24 now and I have 2 female ear slider and they are 16 years old. Kinda amazing that these 2 little dudes witness me grow from a kid to an adult. They are quite clever in a sense that they will beg me and my mom pretending that we haven't feed them yet. Luckily we use pill organisers so we knew how much we actually fed them. God they are good actors

Great story. I have had my Red Ear slider 18 years now. It was given to my daughter as a gift from a friend who is no longer with us for her 1st birthday. My daughter is 19 now. My turtles name is Turd and even when my kids grew up I just could not let him go. I have a younger daughter that is 5 now and she loves him. She feeds him, helps clean the tank, etc. I feed my guy fresh gold fish once a month cuz he really likes the chase, he plays with a ping pong ball that floats around. My guy is about 7 inches round and in Great health. I have him in a 90 gallon tank. I know your turtle is much older but how did he get so big? I was told that mine will only get to be about 6 1/2 inches round.

Mine is about 25...I would love to see Ninja's set. up!

We adopted my red eared slider Arthur in 2007- we think he is aged between 2 to 4 years from that year, now it is 2023 and he is about 18-20 years old! Here's to hoping he lives a long life after researching proper turtle care ❤ 🐢

I have had my red-eared slider since she was born. She’s has been with me 1 year 1/2. I never knew they good be such great pets. She follows us in her tank all off the time . She loves my husband because he plays with her a lot so she gets excited when he comes in . I just showed her this video and she loves your turtle. She got so excited . Her name is Singer .

I adopted one from a friend and he's at least 20 years old. Great pet, was surprised by how much personality and attachment I found. His shell is really dark compared to what I see in pictures or youtube, so I was wondering if that was normal for older turtles or if I needed to work on his diet. Beautiful and majestic animals. Fun to watch them float around like the Nirvana baby with their legs out, very relaxing

My red ear sliders just passed 12 years old. They are extremely relaxed around people. Their main diet is pellets, dried shrimp and a little bit of watermelon. I live in Hong Kong

I have one that is around 12 years old named Squirtle. The turtle itself is easy to take care of, the chore comes in changing the water, moving the tank around, and affording the size tank, heat lamps, and filters you will need. They are very hardy, but do appreciate variety of foods. I rotate through three different kinds of foods, and supplement with veggies and fruit, and the occasional earthworm or small bites of chicken or beef.

Beautiful red ear he looks nice and healthy. My red ear is a male and turns 31 this September 😆. He’s still so active and love’s to bask on him rock while letting his legs and tail hang in the water. I have seen some male’s with female traits but honestly yours really does have all the female traits. The wide neck plus his jaw is more defined, shorter tail that starts thick then gets skinny towards the end and the short claws. Not to mention from this angle he look’s like a tank 😂. Either way sweet turtle.

Mine (his name is Hermel) is only a year old this month, saved him from the pool. I’m 55, so I’ll need to put it in my will lol. Then I just found an itty bitty teensie tiny a couple days ago, on the pool cover being tossed around in rain water from the wind. I hope to find it a home but it’s soooo cute!

My mom bought my little brother a turtle even though he didn’t want one. Then my sister took over his care because I was too scared of him. But then she moved out so I was left to care for him. I don’t even remember how old he is, probably 10 years old. I recently began building him an outdoor habitat because he’s too big for his aquarium. It’s still in the beginning stages but I’m so excited to have him explore his own space. I will bring him in for extreme weather but I just know he needs his space. He’s super chill and responds to me tapping my leg when he’s outside. lol his name is Leonardo (yep, big TMNT fan here too)

Man that’s crazy bro you had that turtle ever since she was 2 what a blessing 31⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟

He is adorable, bless him and bless you for caring so much for him. He's a very lucky "Ninja" Turtle

very awesome Turtle 😮😮

An ex-boyfriend gave me a baby red eared slider for Christmas in 1990 when I was a senior in high school. She was about 3 inches. She’s a piggy wiggy to this day! She’s huge now. She went to college with me, was with me when I graduated and went to grad school, was with me when I married and became a mom, and is still with me! I just turned 50 and this Christmas will be 33 years together.

Long life ninja with bless of lord❤

Oh my, I love Ninja. He looks so bright and happy. For you to bring Ninja along on your life journey, all these years, is really remarkable. I can tell you have been wonderful companions. Thank you so much for telling us about Ninja. You are very good at making turtle videos. I hope you will continue to share Ninja with us.

Hello, I am from Saudi Arabia. I like your video💛. i’m like you. I bought one in 94 “Red eared slider“ and I still have it. in a pond in backyard . I hope one day she’s get over 40s💛

Wow I just got a baby 2 days ago, I’m so excited after seeing this, mine is so so small just a little baby, he is the size of a half dollar coin in American money

He's awesome.

That's amazing, awesome!

Had an African pygmy hedgehog for 7 years, and when he passed, I adopted a RES from a friend. He's already 8 years old, but I love this guy. I was surprised by how much personality he has, and have been enjoying my time with him this past year. I honestly find him so cool lmao

mine just passed away yesterday at 11 years old, i dont know how im i supposed to live without her :,(

We just found a baby red eared slider. My son Leonardo named him Raphael. We are trying to learn as much as we can before we decide to make the commitment to keep him or if we will release him into the canal behind our house. So far we may keep him

I live in Ontario too! I rescued a RES a couple of years ago, she is 10 now but she spent her whole life in a 10 gallon tank. They are amazing creatures. She really loves me and loves when I pet her neck. I built a 150 gallon indoor pond type of enclosure for her. I really hope she lives a long long life with me.

I bought 3 red eared sliders in 1993 for my daughter and we still have them, and more. They live in a large pond at home. They’re incredible creatures.

My red eared slider is 34 years old and I'm 47 years old his name is grouchy pouch my slider will live forever I want to show you a picture mine still looks great he is great and very affectionate! I leave my slider out all day and only put him in his tank to eat for an hour or 2

❤❤❤ you are lucky to have had so much time with ninja

Ninja is BEAUTIFUL!! THANK to FATHER GOD in HEAVEN that your Beautiful 🐢 Turtle is still alive!! He's GORGEOUS! I have a Red Eared Slder and it's a female. I named her after me; I gave her my middle name. Her name is Doreen. I LOVE ❤ Doreen my Beautiful Turtle 🐢. Keep on loving and caring for your BEAUTIFUL, GORGEOUS Turtle. I enjoy watching 👀 your video. Take Care!

Thank you so much for showing us your big baby ❤️❤️ I pray for another 31 years even if it’s not likely I hope my two red eared sliders are as blessed as yours 😢❤

I work at a golf course in California and we have a huge pond with TONS of read eared sliders living in it. My story is similar to yours I’m almost 31 and have had a tortoise since I was 3. We’re both 30. My girlfriend and I just bought 2 baby sliders, and albino read eared and a western painted slider both the size of a US quarter. Awesome animals and this video was very cool to watch and see how big these guys live and how long they live. Cheers from California

I got one that I’ve had since 1994 she’s a female had her ever since still kickin too love her

I am glad you have him. I known turtles can live really long time. 🙂 I heard some turtles can live up to 100. I really hope he does live up to close to up like that.

Love this video. I'm from Ontario as well and me and my dad have three toed box turtles his is almost 60 and mine is 30 years old. We had them most of their life's. Keep posting! Turtle care info is hard to find

He’s so cute !

My baby girl is abt 23 yrs old. Had her since i was 17 and looking foward to many more years w her. She is such a bundle of joy for my family. 😊 and yeah it all started from TMNT lol

My son has a baby one he's had for years and he wanted another one. He picked it out they think it's a girl she's 12 inches big. He so happy..

Love ur turtle. I brought my son a slide 22 years ago and he has been scared of her sine she was a quarter size. Her name is chicken. My husband and I love very much she brings us lots of laughs. So glad I saw Ninja have never seen on older than chicken. Thanks for the info. People do need to know before picking up they live long and are very high maintenance. Have a great day.

He's beautiful, thats so nice. I recently took in my 13 yr old nephew 2 turtles he got when he was about 4 but now he has no interest for them. I never had turtle before but they grew on me and I grew to care for them very much. It's a little ruff because buying everything they need has broke my budget but I try my best to look for deals. Thanks for sharing.

I have a red eared slider that this 1st of June will turn 22, I’ve named him Yoshi as the Mario Bross dinosaur, he is a fast runner, whenever I take him outside to get some sun at my yard he literally runs after me contradicting the expected from a turtle, he likes me to caress the bottom of his head, even close his eyes, I hope that we still share many more years together

we have a 55 year old RES in our family. My personal RES is 19.

He is absolutely beautiful 💜

What a beautiful turtle!

Mine's over 40 now and still kicking. Had him since i was about 6

Amazing, i enjoyed listening to this very much and found it very interesting and informative. Thanks.

1990年爸爸送给小男孩的礼物🎉真的太棒了

My slider is 20 years old!! Thanks for sharing 🙂 PS.... Surprise!!! Ninja is actually a female.

Got my slider like 5 months ago. He is very cool. I love feeding him in the morning and dinner time..he will come right out of the water to check things out so awesome

I have a 22 year old red eared slider turtle I’ve had since I was 18, I’m 40 now and he’s super tiny and stopped growing a long time ago but his vet says he’s totally healthy and fine

Such a cute Turtle

my turtle died today...she was 35 years old...I was socked..I couldn't believe..and I still can't...I don't know whether to bury her or leave her in a natural lake...since she never experienced a natural lake......😔 she was with me since I was a baby...we lived together for 35 years..I still think she was the prettiest turtle

I have a 22 year old female yellow belly. Her name is Hadward. Hadley after my 1st grandchild and Edward after my deceased father. She's enormous. Anyway, thanks for sharing Ninja with us.

Wow, 31 years so special x

Looking for the video of Ninja’s habitat!! Cant wait to see it!

That's so awesome 👍😎. Keep on enjoying her/him.

Respect man. Its like being a parent to a certain degree. Cool vid, keep it up.

I have two map turtles that are 10 years old.... but wow 31 years old is truly amazing and i hope my two have 20 more years left in them and beyond.

Ninjaaa.. I've gifted my 4 years old son this turtle last year n named him Ninja but use to call the turtle ninju ninju.. he is probably now 1 year old n I was. Shocked when saw his growth.. So I began to look for some info about this and saw ur video.. It is adoring seeing he is walking n u putting him behind, and he moving fwd again, n u carry put him behind, so it goes until the video ends.. It's so lovely seeing u both and I hope my Ninja will be like your Ninja in another 20 years at least, grow together with my son, Ohm Baby (Mahathru Kalkhi).. ❤ Love for you both..

I see a comment mentioning a turtle being nearly 70 years old I've seen numerous other mentions of them reaching 70 but none of them confirmed. I wish you both a long and healthy life also have a slider here lovely amazing intelligent animals

I love that you both are with each other this long. I have two and yes they are fast lol

I have 3 turtles. The first one I got, when I was 9 years old. This guy has already 23 years. Second one ist 22 and last one - lady - she is 13. 😊

Wow. Ninja looks so healthy & active. Mine little bit smaller & 4 years old :)

I've seen a post that the two Red Ear Slidders Cuff & Link from the movie Rocky are still in the possession of Sylvester Stallone & that's almost 50 yrs ago

Just want to say he’s a girl. If it was a male his nails would’ve been long. Also males don’t get that big

i've had for my dog since i was 12! i turn 28 in february!

I love your channel, I’m so happy I came across it. I brought a Chinese golden thread turtle 11 months ago, we named him troubles. I love the little guy so much and I hope he gets to give me the same amount of time your turtle has given you… please give us more updates about ninja whenever you can 🙏

I had my turtle for years and his name is Micheal Angelo. I begged my mom for it and her name Michelle so I tried to make her feel special lol. But only Ninja Turtle fans knows the truth. 😉

Here in New Jersey ponds freeze and red-eared sliders hibernate but I don't know if they call it that I know that they slow down their metabolism and they sleep for the winter months and barely eat or move around if I let the tank get cold in the winter months mine will pick a corner of the tank and just sleep until the water gets warmer believe it or not look it up I got mine from a pond where these Turtles would survive below zero temperatures they're all over New Jersey and it gets cold here Turtles are a pain in the ass when it comes to cleanliness I change my water daily even though I have two fully submersible Fluval 3 filters and they are amazing but I still change the water because I have it set set up so that I have a hose running out the dirty water making everything much more easily I don't have to carry buckets anymore one of these days I'll put up a video of Mine by the way that is not a boy if it was a boy it would have long nails and it would have an indent on the bottom part of the carapace so that he could Mount the female the females carapace is flat on the bottom side and she has shorter nails mine actually lays eggs every year of course they're not fertile because she doesn't have a boy if you're feeding it the right thing and she has a proper nutrition how you haven't found any eggs in the water because I find them every year sometimes twice a year and a lot of them they're a little bit bigger than a quail egg

I always think my turtle is soo heavy , then i weigh her and she is under two pounds.. big girl, but still not as heavy as they seem lol 25 years young she is !! Currently having hot girl summer enjoying her outdoor pool.

Wow, that was great! What a great thing to have had him since you were two!

I have a a red ear my mom bought for my daughter we we live in sask and we have had it for 7 years she is amazing

Mine is 6 years old I’m glad to know he might live up until I have kids or grandkids

Great video!!!I have one that’s 2 and your video was super informative

I have 26 years old red-eared slider, and also invasive species in Hungary (and along EU).

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This is a really neat video! I’ve had my RES sense I was 3. So far I’ve had very simillar experiences to yours! Looking forward to the day I’m 30 and my turtle is still alive and kickin’.

Thank you for sharing,we have 3 RES’s,upstate NY

Crazy!!!!

Awesome! 😆

I'm 36 and I have a RES.shes about 28-30, I originally named my turtle James then later Jamie once she laid a few infertile eggs and ate them. Jamie is 10 inches long. Turtles are far from bland and boring. Having a turtle is like owning a Dinosaur. Turtles have been around millions of years with few changes if any. RES are durable and can adapt to colder conditions . For great information look into the Garden State tortoise channel, The Turtle Den,Dan the turtle man, turtle girl are all great channels

pls show us both your summer and winter set up . we have had ours for about 15 years and we are always looking for new ways to set up our very large indoor pond. thanks for your video.

I was gifted a 3-4 year old red ear slider . He's sooo interesting.

A beautiful female red ear slider, she is still growing as they can reach up to 35cm and 40plus years of age in good conditions. Males are a little bit smaller up to 22cm with long front nails and quite long thick tails. Thanks for posting.

Came in to see if anyone, or everyone was like "Yo, Ninja is a girl". Aside from learning after 31 years that He is a She, she's got good shell size and shape, and has gotten to 31, you've taken good care of her.

Omg !!! Thank youuu!! That gives me hope for my 4 year old slider 🥹

I've had a red eared slider for 19 years, I used to feed it veggies and pellets mostly and I thought it was a male, but about 6 years ago I went on a carnivore diet and I started feeding the turtle only raw beef (because that's what I had), and then I found out it's a female because she's been laying eggs every summer since going on a meat diet (which also tells me this diet is more healthy for her than veggies and pellets. She used to be ravenous all the time before, but now she gets full from meat and can go for a day or two without food and without begging me to feed her wheneve she sees me like she used to before). She's very healthy and well behaved. I keep it outside and it fasts all winter, I bring it inside if it snows heavily but that's very rare where I live.

Hi enjoyed the video, how often do you feed and could you post a video of its habitat? Thanks

Awesome

Our local library has one that is 20 years old. Mine is only about 7 & she’s not that big. My daughter loves her so I guess she’ll get passed onto her 😂 the tank is the only thing I hate cleaning especially since our water has high calcium I always have to scrub the residue off the sides from it splashing from the filter

I recently became an caretaker of a 15 year old red ear slider. I have spent a good sum of money for the recommended size but I also haven't seen many as old as "Shelly " he's not as big as he could of been he's been living in 20 -40 gal tank for much of his life and I witnessed his first tank he could swim in his 125 gal tank. I would like to see ninja enclosures so I know what I need to do.

I just got my red eared slider back from my Dad after finally getting a setup at my house. The turtle was bought before I was 10, so we are thinking he's about 29 t0 31 as well. It's been so long that we forget when we got him. They are awesome animals, but they can be a lot of work to the unassuming.

I just burried my red slider turtle.We got her when she was 1 week old and a quarter in size. She lasted with us for 28 years. She was a great turtle. She would of lasted more but she caught pheumonia. If you are planning on getting one, They need large tank to move in and a basking bridge and basking light to heat them and the light to help their shell to absorb vitamin D. Because they are not outdoors in the sun, they need these special lamps. Zoomeds is the best turtle pellet food for them cause it has vitamin D3 and calcium for their shell Whereas the other foods don't. Make sure it says vitamin D3 this vitamin is vital in their diet. Make sure their water tank has a warm water heater thermometer because they need warm water all the time or else they go into hybernation mode and wont eat and they get sick with pheumonia. That is what happened to mine. I hope this infomation helps.❤

thank u again for shareing

I have a Red Ear slider and She is a big turtle I had her since a baby and She sleeps with my dogs in their cage 😂and doesn't eat much. Comes out only when she wants to eat. She's very friendly😊 and her name is Ninja too😂