AboutYexalen Expertise I am experienced with the care, lighting, heating, breeding, sexing, species identification, and general keeping of mostly aquatic turtles. I also have experience with tortoises and land turtles and can certainly research any question that I do not know the answer. I can not answer medical related questions as I am not veterinarian certified. I prefer not to answer questions on animals that you or somebody else has taken out of their natural environment unless the animal was in danger, ill, or injured.
Experience I have owned six aquatic turtles and have been researching turtles for several years. I have been on several question and answer sites under this category. I also have started up a web site focused on reptile care with a portion of it for turtles.
Education/Credentials I have been around turtles sense a very young age and always found them fascinating and because of that it has lead me to researching day after day, reading book after book, and finding endless amounts of web sites with information.
Expert: Yexalen Date: 7/12/2008 Subject: Runaway red ear slider turtle
Question Do red ear sliders can come out of their hiding places? Because my red ear slider (1 year old,and big enough not to fit any small holes) just got out from his tank and ran off. Now me and my mom were trying to find that silly turtle and cannot find him anywhere. She thinks he will come out from his hiding place and eat the food that put,And we did not put the turtle outside of the tank. Is there any other way that a runaway turtle could possibly hide or come out his hiding place?
Answer Hello,
Have you taken the tank apart to see if he is hiding in it?
If he has for certain escaped then you need to offer many dishes, plates or bowls of water in each room of the house. They can sense the water and will seek it. So check in the bathroom and kitchen where water usually is. So just lure him out with water. If you feel he comes to the water dish then runs off again. Put a plate dusted with flour down on the floor and a small plate of water on top of it. He has to walk through the floor to get to the water. This will leave tracks as to where he is going/went.
Keep looking for him, eventually you should find him.
