All Turtles Message Board

xjerseygirlx · Guest Joined: 06 Jun 2005 Posts: 2

I have had my 3 turtles for almost 4 years now. They are all the same age and have been living in the same tank with no problems their entire life. About 2 weeks ago, my 1 turtle began biting another one. It only goes after this specific one and it always bites in the same place (the soft tissue under the front leg). I took the aggressive turtle out and let the hurt one heal. 2 weeks later I placed the aggressive turtle back in the tank and it went after the same recently healed turtle within 1 hour. Does anyone have any ideas on why this turtle has become so aggressive and what I can do to fix the problem?

dixieee · Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 4:15 am Post subject:

maybe ur turtle is trying to mate..if u have had them for 4 years now, there's a big possibility that they are sexually mature (at least the "aggressive" one)..do u know their genders? make sure of them cz it might be that the guy is trying to mate with the female..the third one?? hmm i don't know Question

did u notice any wierd movements b4 that aggressive action started? something like waving hands in front of each other??
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deesygirl · Moderator Joined: 12 Sep 2002 Posts: 1227

Turtles need lots of room too. What size tank do you have?