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I have two equally sized turtles..one is a midland painted and one is an african sideneck. They are currently in sep. enclosures, but I have a larger breeder 40 gallon that I would like to use for both turtles...they are about 5 inches in shell length. I have read that the african sidenecks can be a bit aggressive towards other species....this guy is real shy though! Any suggestions? Could I keep them together?
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*Amy*
0.1 Green Iguana (yes, I have a lizard in my bathroom)-iggy
2.2 Ball Pythons (normal)-cosi, jake, ruby and frosty mcfry
0.1 B.smithi (mexican redknee tarantula)-athena
0.0.1 midland painted turtle-nemo
1.1 dogs-rocky and skippy
1.0 normal grey cockatiel-opie
0.0.30 betta, guppies, rosy reds, fantail goldfish, clown pleco,...
0.0.1 african giant black millipede-max assasin
Lots of Feeder mice
and Mulder and Scully the breeder rats!

I would vote against it. Anytime your mixing differnt species from different areas of the world I think its a bad idea. Say a Midland Painted and a RES, ok. But an American turtle with an African turtle? I say no. The African sideneck was most likley imported (wild caught). There for, it could contain parasites, ect. that could infect the other turtle. I would keep them seperated.
Chris
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Hey whats up, I'm Chris and I currently have 0.1 Midland Painted, 1.0 Western Painted, 0.0.1 RES, 1.0 Bearded Dragon

Unfortunetly, the turtle species are all mixed in the tub at the petstore, so whatever parasites the african sidenecks have the other turtles will have too. I didn't want a res because it will outgrow my 40 gal, and african sidenecks don't get quite as big! I kept them separated for a while, but they are doing very well together. Much better than I thought because I hear sidnecks like other mud turtles can be a bit nippy.
Thanks
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*Amy*