Urgent Care :: Help my turtles are fighting!

[Cplouden]

Hello
I have three sliders but one of them has his own tank. The other two are brother and sister about 5 years old. They have always lived together since they were born. However now all of a sudden the male is fighting with my female and she has cuts and sores all over her neck. What should I do?
I was considering getting them all a huge tank but now I'm wondering if that would be a bad idea.

[steve]

Yes, males almost always need to be separated. A large tank is good ONLY if it can be divided. More room alone will not make a difference.

[Cplouden]

I knew the males would have to be separated. At this point I'm really worried about my male and female.

[steve]

Males have to be separated from other males AND females. And some females are like that as well. RES are just an aggressive species.