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kx125rider
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Location: louisiana
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 Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 2:03 pm Post subject: neck biting |
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my female is trying to bite my other female neck they are about 1 inch long and sharing the 10 gallon with another turtle [same size] they have never done this theres no damage and from wat i can tell she hasent been able to latch on to the other turtles neck im am pputing thm in a brand new 20 gall. tommorow now the aggresive 1 is in the little blue laggoon... PLEASE HELP!!!!!   |
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MinisMommy
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Turtles can be very aggressive when sharing a tank with other turtles... they live in solidarity in the wild, and are perffered to live by them self in captivity as well. When you buy more than one turtle you have to understand that you are more than likely going to have to sepperate them as they don't get along with each other after some time. As they begin to grow and mature they get aggressive and will start fighting for space. They will become territorial and fight the others for food and try to dominate the other turtles in the tank. Turtles will bite off limbs of turtles, or bite pieces of their shells off and can kill other turtles in the tank. The tank isnt big enough for 3 turtles right now... they recoment 10 gal per every inch of turtle... if you have three 1 inch turtles they need to be in about 30 gal of water. Make sure they have a proper environment including proper feeding, water teimp, basking areas, and amount of water... It sounds like its time to sepperate the turtles. This may get expensive. |
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kx125rider
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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| yea but why i thought they did this around mating age... there still babies what can i do im getting a 20 tommorow |
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MinisMommy
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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| no they will get aggressive at any point in their life... has little to do with mating age... as most turtles are already full grown LONG before they are of mating age (normally around 4 or 5 years of age) I had a 2 in turtle kill my 1in turtle in a matter of a week. You need to sepperate them asap. |
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kx125rider
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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ewww was it gory and what size aqarium where they in  |
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MinisMommy
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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| They were in a 20 gal.. and yeah she bit his tail off... and I couldnt get him well enough after that to live. |
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kx125rider
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:24 pm Post subject: |
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| can i keep the female neck biter with the male cuz i neverr seen her do this to him:wink: |
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