What kind of turtle is this?

[BigSam]

What kind of turtle is this?

I have this pond around the cornor of my house the other day I was feeding the fish in there and out of no where these turtles came out. There was never turtles in that pond before so, the next day I brought my bread and waited to see if they would come agian and they did. I pulled one out of the water and took a couple pics of him then I released him back into the water. There's like 4 big ones and like 2-3 little ones and they all look somewhat different. I don't think there native I think at one time they where somebodys pets then they probably didn't want them anymore and just throw them in there so now there in there multipyling. I just want to know what kind of turtle this is and are they native to arizona?

Sam,

BTW, is bread ok to feed to them?

 

[spider]

Red ear slider.Really common.


I dont think bread would hurt them,But they will feast apon those fish.
And they are probably around AZ.
I`ll have the check the books.

 

[Iowa T Keeper]

Yep Red Eared Sliders, and I would say you are right with the released pet idea. They are always sold in pet shops, correct me if I am wrong but aren' they like the most common pet turtle. I used to have one when I was a kid, klinda messy and smelly, but most aquatic turtles would be I would guess. They probably grew to big and so they released them into the pond

 

[Wade]

Thanks to the popularity of those as pets back in the 70's, red eared sliders have been introduced just about everywhere, especially areas near cities.

Wade

 

[cotton]

Yeah they are just every where, I even encountered them when I lived in a coatal town in Texas. They staked out nice little claims in all the freshwater ponds, the farmers had for their cattle. Also a great place to find water moccasins, of all sizes and ages.

 

[leiurus]

I caught 6 of them 2 years ago.
Dom

 

[Highlander]

There are plenty here in New Mexico.