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nikkichicwfu · Guest Joined: 01 Nov 2007 Posts: 2

I have 2 males and 1 female. Two are red eared sliders and one is painted. Most of the time they seem to get along, but recently, I have noticed that my male painted slider chases my female red eared slider and tries to snap at her. Why is he doing that? Am I going to have to separate them? The other male and the female get along fine....

Jdude101 · Level 3 Joined: 03 Sep 2007 Posts: 191 Location: Georgia

mine doesnt do that but, i have babies. but i have a question too, if while your feeding and moving around , is it common for them to climb all over eachother and step on their faces?

STRAYKINGFISHER · Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 10:58 am Post subject:

Question one:
Your turtle is probably trying to mate with the female, the other might not be interested, yet.

Question two:
Yes it is normal for them to climb all over each other, it's the biting you have to look out for. Very Happy

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Jdude101 · Level 3 Joined: 03 Sep 2007 Posts: 191 Location: Georgia

they dont bite, except when they both bite at the food at the same time aand accidentally do, but i fixed that problem

I-LOVE-TURTLES · Level 3 Joined: 22 Apr 2007 Posts: 240 Location: My House

they can bite.. Tim got his tail bite off by Tiny and it was a pretty big chunk!

Jdude101 · Level 3 Joined: 03 Sep 2007 Posts: 191 Location: Georgia

i know hey can bite, i was just saying, at this point in time, especially as babies they arent biting eacother