I live in an apartment where the temp. is never constant. I have a tronic heater where the temp in the tank is at 84. In 2001, I adopted 2 turtles from a shelter 1 male res(9 yrs) and a female painted (8 yrs) and up until a few months ago they have been the gotten along great. They love to sit up and bask together and there have been no problems between them. Recently the male has been doing the mating dance constantly and biting at her shell and any limb he can get a hold of. Even when she is up on the basking dock he goes up there just to knock her down to continue trying to mate with her. I 've seen the mating dance from him every once in a while but now it's to the point where I believe he's biting out of frustation. She wants nothing to do with him mating wise and is probably putting a great deal of stress on her. We always have a rock in there and she spends a lot of her time hiding from him. Her appetite although she is still eating has been less in the past few months. She is still at normal weight but I am concerned that we might have to seperate them. In don't want to seperate them and are looking for some advice to curve his ongoing mating problem.
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res male painted female (aggression problems)
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How big is the tank? Is 84 degrees the water temp? If so it is way too hot, maybe he will settle down if you turn it down to the low 70's. Other than that, there is nothing you can do, boys will be boys.
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A mans got to do what a mans got to do. A woman has to do what he can't.
Mom to:
1 little boy born 7/19/04
2 male RES, born 1999
1 ribbon snake, age unknown
3 FBT, ages unknown
1 female bearded dragon, born 5/2002
1 male lab mix, born 5/24/03
1 female calico cat, born 6/7/04
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We have them in a 40 breeder tank to give them a little bit more space. I will gradually turn the tank down. About a year ago the turtles weren't eating well so the vet told us to turn the heat up to encourage eating. I will let you know the out come of turning down the temp. does. What temp. do you keep your 2 males at?
My temp is in the low 70's but I dont have a heater. The heat lamp does enough.
A 40 gallon breeder is way too small, the rule of thumb is 10 gallons of water per inch of turtle, your guys don't have much space at all.
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A mans got to do what a mans got to do. A woman has to do what he can't.
Mom to:
1 little boy born 7/19/04
2 male RES, born 1999
1 ribbon snake, age unknown
3 FBT, ages unknown
1 female bearded dragon, born 5/2002
1 male lab mix, born 5/24/03
1 female calico cat, born 6/7/04
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sig file edited 1/29/05 [phw]
