Anyone seen something like this before? This one has very nice red...while others are almost solid red!
What ya think?
Jared
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"RED" Red-ear slider.......
JaredHorenstein
May 23, 2004 03:57 AM
Replies (11)
HerperHelmz
May 23, 2004 12:47 PM
Mothergecko
May 23, 2004 07:12 PM
That is one gorgeous baby! Please tell me that there are some for sale? Email me at mothergecko@aol.com if you have any availible! Mike B
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leighann
May 24, 2004 12:39 AM
MAN THAT IS A PRETTY TURTLE!!! How can it have so much color? Is it really a RES? 
MotherGecko
May 24, 2004 01:05 AM
It does look so 'painted' or 'dyed' on but it's gorgeous if it's the real deal. To be honest I can't believe there arn't more RES morphs out there due to the incredible amount they have been bred. I want more pics PLEASE especially of the 'redder' ones. Mike B.
JaredHorenstein
May 24, 2004 08:34 AM
Red huh?
JaredHorenstein
May 24, 2004 08:35 AM
these are cool.
liltrip420
May 24, 2004 08:40 AM
does the red color mean shes healthier or she was born that way. my turtle is wild and got orange. It looks a little faded compared to your glossy turles. How old is yours.
honuman
May 24, 2004 06:49 PM
Nice animal. I have an older male with red on and orange on his plastron and HUGE solid red ears (stripes) on his head. I have seen in them in a multitude of colors coming into our rescue but never a red RED one like this and the other one posted.
Be interesting to see how they grow out.
Steve
BareFootWhiteMan
May 29, 2004 01:19 AM
Here is my 2 cents. This is not a new morph nor is anything from the turtles genes. The red that has developed on your turtles is Iron that is in the water, in water Iron rusts, which means that the red coloring has been caused be Iron, nothing more. I have had tons of Red Ears that look that way.
Thanks
PS- image is of one of my Blue Red Ears.
JLA Creations
mahi-mahi
Jun 13, 2004 04:01 AM
I hate to rain on your parade barefootwhiteman, but while your theory that it may be iron oxide sounds very probably, the manner in which it has affected your slider is entirely different from the 'red' RES. Whereas your slider actually appears to have what looks like small rust spots on its shell, the 'red' RES has either ingested the iron oxide or absorbed it in some manner which has caused the red coloring to be incorporated into the shell itself. This reminds me of the ever-so-popular grade school expirement of putting a white flower--such as Queen Anne's Lace, into a solution of food colouring.
BareFootWhiteMan
Jun 13, 2004 04:49 AM
Either way you look at it, it is still not a new morph.
