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lilheis · Guest Joined: 09 Sep 2006 Posts: 1 Location: Missouri

Hi!
I'm new to the board and am getting desperate about my turtles. We have a pair of Western painted sisters (they were actually hatched together in captivity by friends of ours). We inherited these girls 2 years ago in a 10 gallon tank. Last year we moved them into a 30 gallon.
Anyways, one of these turtles is getting so mean to the other--constantly and I mean constantly, chasing her around, biting at her, pushing her, worrying at her etc. It's gotten so bad that every day we are removing her for a few hours into a bucket just to give the nice one a break. My question is this: if we got them a larger tank, would that help?? There is no possibility of us separating them and being able to keep them both. We would have to get rid of one--something we don't want to do. Are they just cramped? bored? or plain ornery?
Thanks for any help you can offer.

turtle_grl77 · Level 4 Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Posts: 985 Location: Florida

No they need to be seperated forever now. The one has become territorial and needs space.