i got a baby painted turtle and when it become an adult am thinking of breeding him with my adult res to see what happen
2006-10-18 13:00:28 · 5 answers · asked by animalhouser55 1 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
Its unlikely that it would suceed.
2006-10-18 21:06:09 · answer #1 · answered by huggz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It won't work in a million years.
Even though they look sorta alike, they are two different genera (Chrysemys foor the Painted (Chrysemys picta) and Trachemys for the slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)), and nothing successfully breeds over genera lines.
You can house them together, and they may even 'mock mate'- but that will be more of a territoriality/dominance thing than a real mating.
Some keepers get their hopes up after seeing a mock mating between dissimilar turtles, then discovering the female laying eggs- but females lay infertile eggs all the time- even sometimes after a mock mating.
2006-10-19 10:40:35 · answer #2 · answered by Madkins007 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try it and see if it works, and if it does, post some pictures.
2006-10-18 13:09:06 · answer #3 · answered by sparky_butt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it wont work
2006-10-20 07:34:25 · answer #4 · answered by me!! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it won't work please do not try it!!!!!!
2006-10-19 06:34:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋