Talk:Red-eared slider

message: Would somebody with experience like to start a section about proper care of them as pets? Jason Quinn 23:26, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Keeping as pets 

message: "Google test" means that it matched an apparently copyrighted page found on google; some people upload material they don't own, so we check from time to time.
On to more specific questions: I found Trachemys scripta elegans as a scientific name; there's also a genus Chelonia, which includes C. mydas, the green sea turtle, and the broader term "Chelonian" is used for turtles in general. I edited accordingly, but would be glad for someone to verify.
More non-UK info would be useful, in particular the species' native range.  Vicki Rosenzweig
Trachemys scripta elegans of the  genus Chelonia, is correct to my text books and Mike at the Claifornia Tortoise and Terrapin Club. Another is the Red Bellied Slider - Trachemys scripta scripta, which will interbreed with the Red Eared. Most of our Terrapins in the wild (3 species that I know of locally) are public "donations" from Stateside imports (running at 250,000 per month at it's height) when the Ninja Turtle craze was going on. I believe there a several farms in the Florida / Louisiana area still breeding for export.
I beleive Slider and Terrapin as names are interchangeble, country variants of the same animal ?, Slider in the US and Terrapin in Europe. Perhaps someone in these areas could help with further info with this and the species. TerrapinDundee
Since the Red-eared Slider is native to the US and not the UK, would it not make sense to have the article appear under Red-eared Slider, with a redirect from Red-eared Terrapin?  -- Adam selene 13:19, 27 Jun 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Might be a Texas thing. I grew up there and called them that too. Jason Quinn 23:26, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  No Headline

message: I recall my parents many years ago telling me that for a time in the United States it was made illegal to own red-eared sliders, but I don't recall why. Others I've talked to share the same sentiment. Is this rooted in fact? Ameltzer 22:32, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Were RES illegal? 

message: This article could really use some cleanup and organization.  I tried to do some minor work on the intro, but I'm not sure how much it helped.  The intro is very information heavy with a wide variety of subjects that should really be broken down into sections and expanded, IMO.
Looking at some similar articles for inspiration, some possible sections are
*Biology (Size, sexual dimorphism, characteristic appearance, diet, lifespan)
*Behavior (Sliding, aquaticism, hibernation)
*Distribution (Whereabouts in US, UK invasion, possibly related species and interbreeding?)
*Husbandry could be broken down further to be more useful
**Intro
**Salmonella
**Housing (Tank size, filter, lighting, heat, basking area required)
**Behavior
**Health
I don't know that I have enough knowledge myself to flush these out very well but I'm happy to start if no one has any objections... Blurble 22:45, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup 

message: As I wanted to add a few parts, I took your suggestion (Blurble) and changed the layout of the page as well. It still needs some work, but I hope it helps!  --Tadpole667 20:20, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Organization

message: What do you guys think about either a new section about colour morphs and/or melanism, or working it into the article as a subsection of the Biology section? I bring this up because pastel colour morphs, for example, are interesting RES variants, and also, and more importantly, because melanistic sliders, which, I am told, are far more common in the wild than in captivity, are very often unrecognizable as red-eared sliders, to novice herpers - and oftentimes not only to novices! See picture here
which I know is too dark but you get the idea.(Click on thumbnails for bigger images, of course.) (Can put up a different, better picture if need be, after batteries for camera recharge.) Hi There 16:35, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Colour Morphs and Melanism

message: The article contains this statement: Young turtles can be fed live fish or crickets and generally prefer to eat while in the water. But according to what I have heard and read, RES's of any age must be fed in water because they produce no saliva and therefore, unless they are in water they can not swallow food at all. Hi There 13:55, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: RES Feeding Habits

message: What are “mini sticks”? Wikipeditor 12:31, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: See mini sticks and they are gone now. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 12:53, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mini sticks 

message: Unfortunately, some of the authors of this page have stolen content from an About.com article (http://exoticpets.about.com/cs/reptilesturtles/a/reslidercare_2.htm). I am removing the problem sections in compliance with About.com's copyright. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.253.228.144 (talk) 22:40, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article Has Failed the Google Test 

message: Large portions of this article need to be almost completely rewritten. The tone of this article is entirly unencyclopedic, and in parts is written as a pet keeping guide, which is completely unacceptable. I'll start on this in a few days, as I'm not currently in a place where i could attempt to accomplish this. DurinsBane87 07:30, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rewrite 

message: Some of you might immediately think that the "Loyalty" section is blasphemy or something, but it's true! My turtle, Pete, is 4 years old. I spend so much time with him he follows me like a dog. Peteturtle 22:29, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Loyalty Section 

message: My sister had a lil' minor flip-out when she heard about RESes for the first time, because, well, turtles don't have ears, do they?  What's the etymology of the name?  ekedolphin 18:42, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: What's the story behind the name?

message: Much of the pet section reads as an instructional on how to keep a RES as a pet and without much reference/citation with redundant overlapping information. --76.214.226.199 21:24, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have removed some of the how to info (per WP:NOT#HOWTO) in the pet section, but more editing is required. Some parts are factual rather than instructional so they might be worth keeping. Beechhouse (talk) 13:11, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  How-to Template 

message: Help, my RES don´t want to go into water and keeps hiding under sofas and beds, is that normal?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.28.199.207 (talk) 00:25, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Help 

message: It's been while since I visited this page and I'm surprised to see that the article has gotten worse over time by small incremental changes. Perhaps there should be a checklist of items that the article that we agree it MUST include such as care as pets, sexual dimorphism (which is currently missing), etc. Jason Quinn (talk) 17:06, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article lost quality... 

message: Someone put a lot of their first person text/personal research into the article... I don't have time to fix it now, just pointing it out. Robin Chen (talk) 03:07, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Self Researched? 

message: I am an aquatic ecologist.  I read through this section and it seems pretty good to me.  Maybe this is wiki-blasphemy, but I hope nobody who is interested in turtles would use wikipedia as the only source.  As it is, it is a good introduction.  Someone mentioned salmonella.  A blurb about that muight be nice, just so that people out handling turtles know to wash their hands.  I'm taking down some of the issues listed at the top of the page.  If you all think that's wrong, go ahead and put it back.  Citations are needed in places... but real encyclopedias often don't cite things that are considered "common knowledge".  Even if it is only commonly known among experts in the field.
Thanks  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.230.62.244 (talk) 15:05, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is editing through? 

message: The main article mentioned laying the eggs on paper towels and then covering the eggs with towels.  Could someone expand on exactly how to do this?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.6.149.148 (talk) 01:03, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incubation 

message: Red-eared sliders have the coolest eyes:)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.215.121.114 (talk) 02:09, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eyes 

message: My RES is all of a sudden trying to burrow in the rocks around his pool. why is she doing this???  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.119.118.17 (talk) 23:05, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please help me figure it out... 

message: What does it mean when the RES sheds skin or peels?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.176.105.12 (talk) 03:30, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shedding the skin? 

message: The RES in my Husbandry care which were relocated from Long Island, New York to Plantation, Florida, bred in several seasons in both areas. In New York the gestation period was 102 days. The same four females gestated in 92 days in Florida. Detailed Husbandry over three decades is available on http://home.comcast.net/~joeaamar/site.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by JOEAATURTLE (talk • contribs) 22:35, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gestation in relocated RES. 

message: The Turtles bury their eggs in sand-dirt mix of their choice. After they are carefully removed from their nests, within 45 minutes of depositing, the eggs are carefully rinsed of sand and debris using the fingers as support and gentle wiping. They are then placed on moist paper towels as described. More details can be found at http://home.comcast.net/~joeaamar/site.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by JOEAATURTLE (talk • contribs) 22:41, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Laying Eggs on paper towels. 

message: Can this be removed from the article?
"This article uses first-person ("I"; "we") or second-person ("you") inappropriately. Please rewrite it to use a more formal, encyclopedic tone. (March 2009)"
Someone must have re-worded the problem areas.  I can't find any use of these words.
Acham1973 (talk) 01:04, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:   Use of I, we and you 

message: thumb
If I didn't know any better, I'd say those turtles at the top of the article "basking" are actually "mating."  However, this photo here of a different type of turtle shows a three-turtle pile, so apparently this is what turtles do to bask.  Maybe I need to get my mind out of the gutter, but perhaps a different photo or a more descriptive caption would help?  Thanks! CSZero (talk) 16:34, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: For clarification, many turtle types often engage in a sort of 'stacking' behaviour and pile on top of each other like dominoes or something when basking. I've never read any scientific explanation but I suppose it has some social order component. -Falcon8765 (talk) 03:13, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Additionally, hatchling turtles don't engage in sexual behavior as far as I know :) -Falcon8765 (talk) 03:14, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo 

message: I just caught an albino turtle in my pond.  Is it worth anything?  I've read that doing this by chance is about 1 in a million.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rhpmikel (talk • contribs) 02:33, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Albino Red- eared slider 

message: r they illegal in the usa now?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.59.218.19 (talk) 02:26, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  r they illegal now 

message: The name red-eared slider is not consistently used within the article.  It varies widely: Red-Eared Slider, Red Eared Slider, Red-eared Slider, Red-eared slider, red-eared slider, and red eared slider.  I would propose consistently using the style as in the article's title: Red-eared slider when the first word a sentence or caption and red-eared slider otherwise.  This proposal complies with the WP Style manual--"Common (vernacular) names of flora and fauna should be written in lower case—for example, oak or lion."  Note however, that there are some species groups (e.g., birds) that are exceptions to this rule (see: Wikipedia:Naming conventions).  Comments? Pinethicket (talk) 23:35, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Since there has been no objection to this proposal, I am implementing it.  Pinethicket (talk) 18:34, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Consistency in name

message: I'm not going to fight you on linking turtle, but that is a commonly known word, and we already have a link to the family within the sentence (a narrower grouping).  The days of chair and table getting wikilinked have left and people are being more sparing in the links as it improves readability.  Again, won't fight, just explaining my thoughts.TCO (talk) 05:18, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: P.s.  I just took "Painted turtle" through FA and its a good article and I didn't link "turtle".  And it's one genus over from T.s.s.  Like rivals!  ;-) TCO (talk) 05:20, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  turtle link 

message: There's no information here and it's not cited... remove? 99.189.175.248 (talk) 00:24, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neurophysiology

message: why the heck did they say this is "c" class! umm... why do turtle shells look different if they can be same gender, type, and species?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Venomxx (talk • contribs) 23:49, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  turtle shell colors 

message: I have a female red-eared slider who will be 52 this summer.  She was purchased in March 1965 at Andy's Pet Shop on the 21:47, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Captive red-eared sliders live longer than 40 years in captivity 

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