i have a small painted turtle, i want to get an african side neck turtle, they have the same care and temps and food and i will surley give them a roomy living place. can these species get along?
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aquatic turtle combo
lrptls
Jun 22, 2003 03:49 PM
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jeremy carroll
Jun 22, 2003 07:00 PM
Mixing species is a bad idea. One turtle can be immuune to a disease but the other turtle may have never been around it to become immune to it and therefore could possibly get it when the two are mixed together. if you want another turtle, get a seperate enclosure.
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Jeremy Carroll
Center for Reptile and Amphibian Propagation and Conservation
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Chrysemys
Jun 23, 2003 11:27 AM
I don't think mixing species is bad as long as they are from the same area. For example, don't mix a painted with a Aust. Snake Neck. But I think it is fine mixing a RES with a painted, or a painted with a musk, as long as you have a large enough enclosure to house them both when they are adults. So in your case I would vote against it because they are not species that would be found in the wild living next to each other. Hope this helps a little.
Chris D.
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Hey mine name is Chris and I currently have 1.0 Midland Painted, 1.0 YBS, and 0.2 Leopard geckos.
This is my female.
