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mynewturtle · Level 2 Joined: 06 May 2006 Posts: 30 Location: canada

A. if the female turtle gets pregniet how do you prvide her with a area so she could lay eggs ive heard to put a shoe box with sand on the basking area is this true?

B. at what size, and age do red ear sliders have to be befor breeding i was told that they should be 5 inchs and they also said as long as the turtle is 5 inchs, any age it should be able to breed.

C. is there any times when turtles don't show intrest in each other or do all turtles like each other?

P.S this is all for red ear sliders.
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moxie · Level 2 Joined: 02 May 2003 Posts: 57

In answer to your questions... I can only speak from observing my turtles.
A. I never knew that my female RES was pregnant. You really can't tell. She just kept trying to climb out of the tank all the time so I assumed that she might need to lay eggs. I filled a kiddie pool with sand & put her in there for a couple of hours a day but she never layed eggs. She finally layed eggs in the water and my other two turtles started to eat the eggs. I tried to save 2 of the eggs but it didn't work out.
B. I believe the turtles become sexually mature at 5 years of age. Not according to shell size.
C. My male turtle always wants to mate with the female and he chases her all around the tank. If she rejects him he tries to bite her. i have had to separate them at times because he once bit her neck and made her bleed. So, as for liking each other all the time??? ... could be problems.
I hope this helps & gives you some more information.
Cheers!
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