As much as i would love to have some baby box turtles, i did not want to get started breeding them. I have a three-toed and an eastern that i thought were both males. I recently put them in a cage together (after the quarantine process and made sure they were going to get along). And i guess they really liked it, cuz the three toed got on top of the eastern and started going at it! So i'm thinking that my eastern's a female. Would it be possible to cross breed them? Will they lay eggs even though they have not hibernated? And what could i expect after the breeding takes place? If anyone could give me any info, that would be wonderful. Thanks!
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Three-Toed & Eastern?
Pyrowoman
Aug 26, 2004 05:02 PM
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Rouen
Aug 27, 2004 11:14 PM
could just be their having a bit of a territorial dispute which would look alot like mating.. cross breeding isn't recomended as no body really wants mules/mutts and they do nothing but polute the gene pool.. also mating doesn't just occur to produce eggs/offspring.
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Katrina
Aug 28, 2004 12:01 PM
Males will mount each other. It's a dominance/territory issue. Plus, males will mount anything that's the right shape, even rocks!
Make sure there are lots of hide spots and visual breaks in the enclosure, or consider giving them each their own enclosure if one is constantly harrassing the other.
Katrina
