snookie Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 are these red ears ? http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... =257669989 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 without a more infocus photo can't give a definitive answer can't make out lines on legs and ear patches but at a guess, yes they are red ears and they have been kept without a proper light and water maintenance has been poor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 Would have to agree. The shells don't look like reeves, the heads don't look like snakenecks and the shells are all the wrong colour so I would say neglected red ears. Should come back OK with some TLC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 shells look ready to shed some TLC will work wonders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaM Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 I'd say definately red ear sliders. I have about 4 or 5 like that as well....from no lights, sunlight filtered thru glass and filthy water....no not at my place...before they came to me They dont seem to shed like a normal shell either. Others with the rough, thick scute build-up peel alot quicker then these sort of shells. These shells are really hard, smooth and almost like the scutes have all fused together somehow...altho I know they haven't. Otherwise mine seem healthy...just waiting on some normal scute shedding to occur :roll: I wonder how long those poor guys have been in the bath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hothouse Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Yes these are indeed Red-eared Sliders, just ones classed as 'melanistic'. Had quite a few over the years, nothing to do with diet, lighting etc. Just a male thing that occurs with age in some of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 my melanistics are black not brown shelled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaM Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 my melanistics are black not brown shelled Yes mine are black as well The older they are the blacker they become. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 They get darker at about 10 years of age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marklfeldman Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 Good question. I would like to see a close up of the upper shell to see if that pale colour is natural or if it's from white shell disease (from excess humidity). I'd also like to see a pic of the side of the head to evaluate the markings. It would be nice if they were not red-ears. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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