My turtles keep biting each other, what should I do?

Question

My 2 red eared sliders keep trying to bite each other.

Answer 1

Aggression is common in Red-ear Sliders and some other turtles. In many cases, it is at least partially due to crowding.

Try a bigger tank. Aim for 10 gallons of water per inch of turtle shell length. So if you have 2 2" turtles, you'll need 40 gallons of water, or a 75 gallon tank about half full.

See http://www.austinsturtlepage.com for other ideas.

Answer 2

do you know the gender of your turtles? Males have very long tails and claws. If the are both the same gender? They are probably fighting over territory. I suggest taking them out and putting them in separate tanks. Turtles usually don't live with other turtles, unless they are getting ready to mate.

Answer 3

you have upset the territorial stability via including one too many turtles to the tank. you will the two want a) a greater tank or b) place the newcomer in his own tank or c) sell the recent one. Turtles won't be in a position to be reasoned with, and that they gained't finally learn how to get alongside.

Answer 4

I have Russian torts and according to web site that is a mating behavior depending on the type of turtles its possible they are mating, look up the type on the Internet. Try this link:
http://animal.discovery.com/guides/reptiles/turtles/slider.html

Answer 5

id seperate the two in seperate cages. you can't train turtles to get along. : )

Answer 6

seperate the tanks

Answer 7

get a bigger tank and separate them when feeding

Answer 8

weird keep them in defferant tanks

Answer 9

separate them (put them in different tanks)

Answer 10

separate them