Sorry for making you jumpcool-cool i should rest when im sick and i was resting till i saw that then i jumped outa my bed but i would been more stern and well...mean if i realy thought it was live but i had enough faith in ya
lol Someone on a turtle forum just Pmed me this:
I can't believe people actually think it's real
You really know your reptiles Will, that is so funny
Ive got a way bigger (11 by 7 inches) 11 year old RES named franklin, Lemme tell you he would have none of any of those fish they would be eaten as fast as he could catch them. I agree that sexing the turtle that young is near impossible. While claws are a good reference point he or she might grow into them with time. We had three RES from the size of quarters in my home and it was a four to six years, there age of maturation, before my buddy Franklin had to be moved out of the aquarium because he wasn't so happy that Bob and Skippy were getting along so well. That's when we found out Bob was a girl and Skippy and Franklin males. Later bob made it obvious by laying eggs and staying a little yellower in colour and smaller in size them Bob. But if you were to compare Skippy and Franklin now at 11 years old Skippy looks like a girl though I'm sure hes not 
and hes there to entertain me for next 70 years. There are rescue places around here for RES turtles because people don't want them anymore once there big and just bask and swim......well and eat lettuce and the occasional shrimp
Potato (my RES) is only 3 inches I believe "he" was 1-1.5 inches when I bought "him" In a year maybe less I will be able to sex Potato yay! Thankfully I chose a name that really isn't particular to a certain sex. Though I hope it is a male as they stay a lot smaller than females and therefore need a smaller tank/pond.
Ive only been to the one location in London. A few years ago when I moved out I took franklin "my turtle" and left Skippy and Bob "the family turtles" with my parents. My parents were looking at placed to get rid of them. And the places I mentioned are the best we discovered because they have ponds for RES of many sizes and seemed to know what they were talking about when we were in visiting. Long story short with my brother and I at university, Bob and Skippy, are my parents new kids and my parents have forgotten all notion of getting rid of them I'll love em' forever though
lol Don't worry he was only sleeping in that picture lol He slept quite a lot the first few days as, many baby new RES do (Some don't) Isn't it cute? That picture is about a year old as are most of the pictures on this threadAlso on a side note, In the pics on the first page of this thread, when you turtle has its eyes closed? Is there a reason for that? When my res was 4 months he had some kind of deficiency, like vitD or something. Anyways he had tumour like growths or swollen eye lids, and he got to the point where he couldn't open his eyes. I took him to the vet and he got some meds and recovered quickly. Just thought I'd let you know. Baby turtles should be alert and looking for danger but then again he could just be camera shy.
