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I've had my two RES hatchlings for over two months now and the boy (at least I think he's a boy) hasn't started growing yet. The other one has grown quite a bit already, and eats really well. My boy eats okay, I feed him crushed cuttlebone (which he won't touch) and ZooMed hatchling food. I'm also giving him extra protein (like tuna and shrimp) once or twice a week (I don't want to give him too much), but it doesn't seem to help. Do you think that there's anything wrong, or that he just hasn't had a growth spurt yet? He looks and acts normal, so I'm assuming nothing is wrong, but it worries me that he hasn't started growing. Thanks for any input!!

Well I don't have an answer for you but the same thing happened to me so maybe its not a problem? I have two 2 res. One was about 2" and other the maybe 2.5". A month later, the 2" has maybe grown slightly if at all. The 2.5" is now 3". It almost looks double the size of the smaller one now. They share the same food and environment.

I was thinking the larger one was a female but they both started fluttering at each other so now I am not sure. Maybe they are just like people. We grow at different rates, maybe they do as well.

Turtles, like people, grow at different rates. Are they getting equal amounts of food, or is the larger one taking some of the smaller one`s portion?

I used to feed them in a container together, but I was worried the bigger one was eating all the food, so now they're in separate containers. The bigger one eats more than the smaller one.