{"id":160270,"date":"2022-07-14T12:22:40","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T12:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-big-is-a-1-year-old-painted-turtle\/"},"modified":"2022-07-14T12:22:40","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T12:22:40","slug":"how-big-is-a-1-year-old-painted-turtle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-big-is-a-1-year-old-painted-turtle\/","title":{"rendered":"How big is a 1 year old painted turtle?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-big-is-a-1-year-old-painted-turtle\/#How_big_is_a_1_year_old_painted_turtle\" title=\"How big is a 1 year old painted turtle?\">How big is a 1 year old painted turtle?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-big-is-a-1-year-old-painted-turtle\/#How_long_until_painted_turtle_is_full_size\" title=\"How long until painted turtle is full size?\">How long until painted turtle is full size?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-big-is-a-1-year-old-painted-turtle\/#How_big_is_the_biggest_painted_turtle\" title=\"How big is the biggest painted turtle?\">How big is the biggest painted turtle?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-big-is-a-1-year-old-painted-turtle\/#What_is_the_smallest_painted_turtle\" title=\"What is the smallest painted turtle?\">What is the smallest painted turtle?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-big-is-a-1-year-old-painted-turtle\/#How_big_should_a_1_year_old_turtle_be\" title=\"How big should a 1 year old turtle be?\">How big should a 1 year old turtle be?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-big-is-a-1-year-old-painted-turtle\/#How_can_you_tell_how_old_a_painted_turtle_is\" title=\"How can you tell how old a painted turtle is?\">How can you tell how old a painted turtle is?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-big-is-a-1-year-old-painted-turtle\/#How_long_does_it_take_for_a_painted_turtle_to_grow_up\" title=\"How long does it take for a painted turtle to grow up?\">How long does it take for a painted turtle to grow up?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-big-is-a-1-year-old-painted-turtle\/#How_big_should_a_1_year_old_box_turtle_be\" title=\"How big should a 1 year old box turtle be?\">How big should a 1 year old box turtle be?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_big_is_a_1_year_old_painted_turtle\"><\/span>How big is a 1 year old painted turtle?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>By age 1, you can expect the turtle to have grown to around <b>5 cm (2 inches). By age 2, it would be about 7 cm (2.7 inches) in shell length. What is this? By age 4, the painted turtle can be expected to reach a length of 8 cm and by age 5 around 9 cm (3.1 inches).<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_long_until_painted_turtle_is_full_size\"><\/span>How long until painted turtle is full size?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Stages of Growth Male painted turtles reach maturity when their plastron is between 70 and 95 millimeters in length. This is generally <b>between 3 and 5 years of age. Female painted turtles reach maturity when their plastron is between 100 and 130 millimeters in length. Females mature between 6 and 10 years of age.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_big_is_the_biggest_painted_turtle\"><\/span>How big is the biggest painted turtle?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>26.6 cm<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_the_smallest_painted_turtle\"><\/span>What is the smallest painted turtle?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>At about 5 inches (12.7 cm) long, with a record of 6.1 inches (15.5 cm), the <b>southern painted turtle, C.<\/b><b>p.<\/b><b>dorsalis Agassiz, 1857, is the smallest subspecies. It ranges from southern Illinois and Missouri along both sides of the Mississippi River south to Louisiana and eastward to Alabama.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_big_should_a_1_year_old_turtle_be\"><\/span>How big should a 1 year old turtle be?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>30-gallon tank. As it grows into a juvenile turtle (measuring around 6 cm), it will need at least a 55-gallon tank.<\/b>How Big Do Red-Eared Sliders Get In Captivity?LifestageAgeSize In DiameterJuvenile RES1-4 years<b>4.5-5 inches<\/b>Adult RES5 years+8-12 inches1 more rowx26bull;01-Aug-2021<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_can_you_tell_how_old_a_painted_turtle_is\"><\/span>How can you tell how old a painted turtle is?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You can <b>count the rings on a painted turtle to see its age, just like a tree. The shell of a painted turtle is made up of 13 bone plates, called scutes. When the turtle grows, it sheds the outside layer of its scutes and grows new plates underneath. Count the rings on the scutes and you&#8217;ll know the age of your turtle!<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_long_does_it_take_for_a_painted_turtle_to_grow_up\"><\/span>How long does it take for a painted turtle to grow up?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Stages of Growth Male painted turtles reach maturity when their plastron is between 70 and 95 millimeters in length. This is generally <b>between 3 and 5 years of age. Female painted turtles reach maturity when their plastron is between 100 and 130 millimeters in length. Females mature between 6 and 10 years of age.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_big_should_a_1_year_old_box_turtle_be\"><\/span>How big should a 1 year old box turtle be?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>AgeAverage Shell Length6 months21 year<b>2-3<\/b>2 years3-3.53 years3-42 more rowsx26bull;18-May-2022<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents How big is a 1 year old painted turtle?How long until painted turtle is full size?How big is the biggest painted turtle?What is the smallest painted turtle?How big should a 1 year old turtle be?How can you tell how old a painted turtle is?How long does it take for a painted turtle&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[622],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pet-care"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160270"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160270\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}