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Help my turtles are fighting!

PostPosted: Sun Mar 20, 2016 1:15 pm
by 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.

Re: Help my turtles are fighting!

PostPosted: Sun Mar 20, 2016 2:41 pm
by 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.

Re: Help my turtles are fighting!

PostPosted: Sun Mar 20, 2016 4:55 pm
by Cplouden
I knew the males would have to be separated. At this point I'm really worried about my male and female.

Re: Help my turtles are fighting!

PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2016 11:37 am
by 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.