The rubella tortoise, also called yellow-bellied, is the most common among home turtle lovers. Unfortunately, the flip side of the coin has such popularity, a huge number of domestic red-eared turtles are doomed to illness or life in inappropriate conditions. Unscrupulous sellers often do not know or withhold details from buyers. To make this happen less often, we will tell you in detail about the maintenance, feeding and care of this turtle.

Under normal conditions, with proper care, red-eared turtles live up to 30 years. It often happens that due to improper care, owners reduce their lives to pets up to 2-3 years. It is a mistake to think that to keep a reptile you need to fill the basin with water and put a few stones down. Since turtles are quite demanding, for their maintenance you need to prepare excellent conditions with all the necessary accessories.