Platysternon (Big-Headed Turtles) & Podocnemis (Amazon River Turtles)

[TroyMIfishkeeper]

Speaking of keeping turtles in community setups... I was thinking about getting a common snapper and a Florida snapper and was considering keeping them together if possible. I know Chelydras can be territorial but I've seen it work before, wanted to get some more opinions.
IME I haven't really had problems with housing turtles together, with the exception of RES's (they bullied my CST I had back in the day). I kept my CST and AST together for a while with good results, but that could've been because the AST never got in the CST's way... So it might be different if I kept two Chelydras together.

 

[Frank Castle]

idk man......I never kept any CSTs together, only ever had one per tank. I had turtle communities but all trachemys and chrysemys and psuedemys

 

[Chub_by]

No idea if that would work, but sounds very interesting. One of my dream setups is a large pond with as many giant (2'+) FW turtles as possible.

 

[TroyMIfishkeeper]

No idea if that would work, but sounds very interesting. One of my dream setups is a large pond with as many giant (2'+) FW turtles as possible.

Same here haha. Snappers, matas, Podocs, Mexican musks, Malaysian Giants, all the big softshells... They're all on my bucket list. The question is, which ones are compatible with which.

 

[Frank Castle]

Same here haha. Snappers, matas, Podocs, Mexican musks, Malaysian Giants, all the big softshells... They're all on my bucket list. The question is, which ones are compatible with which.

Stick to what's natural. I would narrow it down by "Who lives together in the wild?", then I would narrow it down to "Who is the least aggressive, and physically built to cause the LEAST damage if they have a disagreement?"

 

[TroyMIfishkeeper]

Stick to what's natural. I would narrow it down by "Who lives together in the wild?", then I would narrow it down to "Who is the least aggressive, and physically built to cause the LEAST damage if they have a disagreement?"

That sounds like a very good rule. I'll probably use that for all my setups from now on haha

 

[Frank Castle]

That sounds like a very good rule. I'll probably use that for all my setups from now on haha

if it were ME, I would try and stick to all herbivores, maybe some peaceful omnivores, but I wouldn't keep ANY carnivorous turtle in a community.

Despite the amount of people who keep turtles and crocodilians together with a mixed success rate, maybe it's just me, but I wouldn't take that risk. Turtle have a much stronger bite than most people would assume. I was bitten by a E. Box turtle and a C. Snapper as a child, and the Box turtle was MUCH more painful and took HOURS (no exaggeration) to release it's grip. I cried from the Box turtle, but not the Snapper......


......and it was like, ALOT too lolololollol

TBH, no Boa, Python, Anaconda or even a 5 foot Alligator even came CLOSE as far as measuring pain.

 

[TroyMIfishkeeper]

if it were ME, I would try and stick to all herbivores, maybe some peaceful omnivores, but I wouldn't keep ANY carnivorous turtle in a community.

Despite the amount of people who keep turtles and crocodilians together with a mixed success rate, maybe it's just me, but I wouldn't take that risk. Turtle have a much stronger bite than most people would assume. I was bitten by a E. Box turtle and a C. Snapper as a child, and the Box turtle was MUCH more painful and took HOURS (no exaggeration) to release it's grip. I cried from the Box turtle, but not the Snapper......


......and it was like, ALOT too lolololollol

TBH, no Boa, Python, Anaconda or even a 5 foot Alligator even came CLOSE as far as measuring pain.

Damn, makes me scared of box turtles now!
But yeah, I feel like basically all turtles have really strong bites, regardless if it's a snapper or not.