My friend and I have caught two painter turtles that we now keep in seperate ten gallon tanks. There is a guy and a girl, Bruno and Sheik, and we are eventually hoping to breed them. They are both only about the size of an Oreo but very aggresive with eachother.
Two Turtles
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Even so, it's still too early to tell for sure. Wait until they're older; a male will have really long front claws.
Can't sex them until they're 4.5". What is an oreo? Your going to need a lot bigger tanks aswell, it should be 10 gallons of water for every inch of turtle.
Paul
Paul
i agree, too young to sex.....ad the old arch trick isnt very reliable ether. welcome to MFK btw.
and paul, a oreo is a kind of small cookie.
and paul, a oreo is a kind of small cookie.
U DONT KNO WAT AN OREO IS?!?!?!??!?!?!??!?!??!?!??!?!
ehhh...It's probably not going to cause problems. The rate of genetic abnormalities in the offspring of closely related parents isn't significantly higher than in the offspring of nonrelated parents. Your turtles' parents were probably related as well. I don't think turtles haul out, find other ponds to breed in with unrelated turtles, then go back to their own ponds.
