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fighterfish13

My male turtle(Mike) is always doing the mating dance to my female(truda), Usually she just moves out of the way, so how should she respond if she wants to mate? My turtles are big enough to breed.

evilnissan · Level 2 Joined: 24 Dec 2004 Posts: 48

Sorry not to answer your question but I have one on the same subject.

Is the Dance a Male only thing, When My turtles were small and about the same size we thought we knew which ones was a male and the other was a female.

The one we think is a female (Jan) is a good bit bigger than the one we think is a male (Go-Go), but it is Jan that put her front feet around head and does a dance in front of Go-Go.

Is this normal, or did I goof up naming them.. Rolling Eyes

STRAYKINGFISHER · Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 6:51 pm Post subject:

I will tell you as soon as I figure out if my turtles are male and female Laughing

Both of my turtles do it, they face each other and start waving their hands.

I don't know what the proper way for the female to respond if she is interested, I would suppose that if she is interested, she will let him know, probably by doing the mating dance along with him, remember it takes two to tango Very Happy

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dixieee · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 7:31 am Post subject:

I WANT MY TURTLES DANCING Mad

i envy u ppl Neutral

well anyways,,if she is interested they will (IF they were from different genders cz they sometimes do it to anything/anyone)..i also read that if u want them to mate u have to lower the temps a bit..almost how old r they? u said they are big enough so are they over 4 yrs old (at least the female)??
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fighterfish13 · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 2:00 pm Post subject:

the female is about 4 and a half the male is 4

donnam · Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 7:28 pm Post subject:

I am so glad I read this today, because I thought something crazy was going,The one that is a female I think (earl) has been chasing the male around shaking her paws at him, so I was really getting confussed, thinking maybe earl really was a boy, since she is bigger than the male,I read somewhere on here that the females get bigger quicker, but she seems to have longer claws and tail, I think I'll try to get some better pics of them and post them to be sure, any who they sure are funny when they do that. Laughing

trtlduv · Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:19 pm Post subject:

Normally the males have long tails and claws, the female's are short. Laughing

We might be able to tell better when you post pics.... can't wait to see them! Wink

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donnam · Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:35 pm Post subject:

This is my girl randi and earl my boy

donnam · Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:44 pm Post subject:

Earl is the one on the left , and I'm pretty sure she is a girl, she got bigger alot faster than randi, but has longer claws, I thought they were bigger because she was bigger, she is the one chasing the other around slapping at the face, but she is much more docile, when she was sick ,I did'nt have any problems giving her the shot in the paw, but randi is a hisser, and more difficult to give meds to, go figure, so I'm still confused, some things seem to fit while others don't. Surprised