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Bill1125 · Level 2 Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Posts: 30

I raised my Red Ear Slider and Mississippi Map turtles from babies. They have been together from a 29 gallon to a 75 gallon. They are fully grown (I hope) and in the 75 gallon. They have always seemed to get along well, although the Red Eer Slider was always the more aggresive. It eats goldfish, etc, while the Map only eats floating crickets, turtle food, etc.

Saturday (two days ago), I caught the Red Ear Slider biting the Map on the neck. He left a mark on the Map. I went to the pet store and bought some preventitive medicine (sulfur soak) for the Map. I saw him try to do it again.

Is this common? I think if the Slider wanted to hurt the other badly it could.

What I don't want is for the Map to get injured badly. What are my options? Why the change in aggresiveness?

Seperating them is not an option, unless I get rid of one of them (another 75 gallon setup is out of the question). I love both of them, but don't want to keep both if one is in danger.

dixieee · Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 1:06 am Post subject:

hmm the common dilemma Rolling Eyes

maybe they need a bigger space and the slider is acting territorial cz it doesn't sound like a mating issue.

btw, welcome to the board Smile

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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint

5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u

STRAYKINGFISHER · Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 10:06 am Post subject:

Welcome to the board.

Yeah, unfortunately, people think that turtles need company and later on they start to fight and they have to be separated, you can either give one up or get a bigger enclosure and hope they won't fight anymore. Confused

I will probably be going through this in a while myself Confused

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Bill1125 · Level 2 Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Posts: 30

That's not what I wanted to hear.

It's appreciated though.

dixieee · Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 3:17 pm Post subject:

there's always plan B Laughing

one of my turtles acted aggressive for a while and i didn't want to give her away neither i was able to provide another setup for any of them. what i did was punish her, i left her in a small tupperwear in the bathroom for 2-3 days and then put her back with the other one. i'm not sure she understood what happened but thankfully she got her manners back.

btw, u can try taking the aggressive one out and changing something in the tank then put him back in. hope it works, good luck
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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint

5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u

Bill1125 · Level 2 Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Posts: 30

I put a top to one of those huge tupperware tubs, cut it so I could still keep the aquarium light on top. They are both seperated in a 75 gallon. My neighbor helped me cut it and he said, the neighbor is giving away an aquarium bigger than that....whether that is still true, I don't know.

Hopefully the RES will see it as temporary punishment, and the Map will get some temporary relief. I saw the Map racing around the tank earlier, which caused my immediate action. I had to do something.

dixieee · Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 5:15 am Post subject:

hope things end up in a good way, good luck Smile

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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint

5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u

STRAYKINGFISHER · Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 9:17 am Post subject:

Good luck with your turtles, I hope that the aggressive one takes a hint and stops harrassing the smaller one. Very Happy

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Ahhh, the days of a clean tank, fish in the tank, etc. Most importantly, peace between them.

Bill1125 · Level 2 Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Posts: 30

At peace again.

Bill1125 · Level 2 Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Posts: 30

This one is cute. They aren't much bigger than a quarter here.

Sorry for the bad quality pic.

dixieee · Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 4:24 am Post subject:

how cute! i can't wait to see my babies go through that transformation Very Happy

btw, isn't the sand giving u a hard time cleaning??
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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint

5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u

STRAYKINGFISHER · Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 10:48 am Post subject:

Very nice looking turtles Very Happy

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Bill1125 · Level 2 Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Posts: 30

Thanks.

Just an update.....the Map (Sandy) is eating again.

I'm so happy.

dixieee · Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2005 3:09 am Post subject:

great news Very Happy

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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint

5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u

Bill1125 · Level 2 Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Posts: 30

Well, it ate a little bit anyway, still jumpy, but an improvement is an improvement.

STRAYKINGFISHER · Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2005 5:31 pm Post subject:

Good, I hope Sandy keeps eating, not too much though, some of them can be real pigs Laughing

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Bill1125 · Level 2 Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Posts: 30

6 crickets last night for Sandy!!

When should I put them together again, if at all?

dixieee · Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 2:40 pm Post subject:

try the trick
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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint

5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u

Bill1125 · Level 2 Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Posts: 30

I will try the trick, I just want to make sure I am home long enough to watch them both. Maybe this weekend. Dumb question, but will they remember each other?

dixieee · Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 5:35 pm Post subject:

who knows but i bet they will Smile

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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint

5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u

Bill1125 · Level 2 Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Posts: 30

I tried tonight, but I got scared. The RES came close and was looking at the Map. The Map looked scared so I seperated them. I will try when I can spend hours watching them.

dixieee · Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 3:09 am Post subject:

good luck
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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint

5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u