multiple turtles??

[jconley]

FRTs are very aggressive towards other turtles too! I've kept softies with other turtles before (briefly lol), and they are very nippy...plus the claws of the other species tend to injure their shells.

The softshell may not get huge depending on the species, the common Chinese Pelodicus sinensis only gets about a foot long.

In my "community" tank I've got
-Caspian Pond turtle (female)
-Mississpi Map (male)
-Malaysian Box (female)
-Diamondback terrapin (male)
-Yellow Pond turtle (?)
-Scorpion Mud turtle (female)
-Chinese Threadneck (male)

All are smaller species and with the exception of the Yellow Pond (Mauremys mutica), they're all about full grown.

Do you have a pic of the Caspian? I've been thinking about getting one but wasn't sure how it would get along with my 2 Eastern Painteds and 2 Maps(1 Mississippi and 1 I can't remember the name of at the moment)

 

[Yin Wei]

I've had the Softys with MI. Map turtles and their doing fine sharing the drift wood ^^;

Its just the Softy doesn't get along with RES, and Razorbacks, and I don't want to risk the cute FRT with any other species >< It sits in a tank swimming up and down daily and following my finger , but yeah. I guess I'll keep the Softys and FRT seperate, I'll test the RES, Razors, Maps, and other Musks in the pond/pool.

Should I keep it barebottom? or Sand it? or more expensive Gravel? People warned me that the pool can rip by the claws, but right now their still babies. And I could easily put some think coating of something around so they wont claw it.

 

[Miguel]

as said, keep the softshell in one tank ( I also have interrupted my cohab with one due to a feeding fight and she was scratched in the back so that was it ).
The FRT needs a more brackish water and is agressive even with non conspecifics.

The others you can try to mix, keeping an eye , a watchfull eye.

I know zilch about sliders ( do not like them ) so I cannot help you with opinions on those.

 

[paul112]

Aquatics should have 10G of water per inch of shell. Generally, turtles are best kep solitary. Certain species will kill each other, such as Softies, but some such as Sliders and Cooters can be kept together peacefully in a big enough tank. Definately wouldn't advice mixing species, as if they are from different areas of the world then they wouldn't naturally interact with each other, and if they are from the same area then they are likely to be competitors in the food chain. At best, turtles will tolerate each other. Do not hope for any more than that.

Paul

 

[SimonL]

Do you have a pic of the Caspian? I've been thinking about getting one but wasn't sure how it would get along with my 2 Eastern Painteds and 2 Maps(1 Mississippi and 1 I can't remember the name of at the moment)

She lived with a painted, a cooter, and a slider at one point. Just watch for agression!

 

[love4turtles]

Turtles can be very aggressive ~as I found out. I had 1 slider bite all the tails off of my other sliders, another time I woke up to a turtle full of blood. I nursed her to health but she can not go back in the tank or the other sliders attack her. Then during mating season my male was flirting with the females ~ guess he was too pushy ~ the females almost killed him. I have also been bit by my turtles ~ I take blame. So word of advise, be real careful who you put in the tank with your turtles. Like humans, turtles have different personalities & some are passive while others are aggresive.

 

[CTU2fan]

Something else to watch for is males. If you've got similar species (ie painteds, sliders, cooters, maps) together the males will be trying to mount the females...so if you've got 3-4 turtles together and it happens that there's only one female the stress will be extreme.

 

[coura]

Certain turtles don't do great with each other. I have acouple types of turtles all seperated due to the sizes they will get, and how aggressive.

I think Map Turtles do good with only Red Ear Sliders.

Maps will do much better with painteds, chickens and other maps. Smaller cooters and sliders can also be aded but is not a good idea to mix big sliders with maps specialy the smaller males

 

[coura]

FRTs are very aggressive towards other turtles too! I've kept softies with other turtles before (briefly lol), and they are very nippy...plus the claws of the other species tend to injure their shells.

The softshell may not get huge depending on the species, the common Chinese Pelodicus sinensis only gets about a foot long.

In my "community" tank I've got
-Caspian Pond turtle (female)
-Mississpi Map (male)
-Malaysian Box (female)
-Diamondback terrapin (male)
-Yellow Pond turtle (?)
-Scorpion Mud turtle (female)
-Chinese Threadneck (male)

All are smaller species and with the exception of the Yellow Pond (Mauremys mutica), they're all about full grown.

You at ,least aparently ,suckseeded in mixing this turts, however this is not a good combo of species to put together and there is a high risk of something wrong hapening in time. Your turtle tank also apears to be kind of crowded. If I were you I would separete at least some of them.

 

[coura]

Something else to watch for is males. If you've got similar species (ie painteds, sliders, cooters, maps) together the males will be trying to mount the females...so if you've got 3-4 turtles together and it happens that there's only one female the stress will be extreme.

That why I keep the sexes separetad in my outdoors habitats. All tank mates must be equipareted in size and agression. If someone doesant fit in ,must be housed apart. In my experience male sliders dont mix unless raised together from hachlings, but will do well with smaller females and male and female maps and cooters. Maps however do better with smaller and shyer species like painteds. As for asian species I have litle troble combining Ocadia, mauremys, Cuora ,Chinemys and Heosemys if they all are female and if the tank is big. Adult male Cuora are however very agressive andd must be housed singularily. Same for most softshells and even some musks and muds. Some turts are very sociable. One of the sweetest is the black musk turtle.