I have a baby turtle that is about 2 inches long. I also have another 55 gallon tank with other turtles in it and they are about 5 - 9 inches and there's 7 of them. Can i put the baby in with the other?
2007-12-02 17:02:34 · 7 answers · asked by nio0097 1 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
Are they hungry?
2007-12-02 17:05:32 · answer #1 · answered by Hamlette 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At this point- no. The other turtles are badly over-crowded and adding another one will make things worse. The bigger ones will bully smaller ones because of the stress.
The space rule is about 10 gallons of water per inch of shell, so your 7" turtle should be in 70 gallons of water by itself!
Having the right space prevents stress, aggression, disease, and soiling. It makes cares easier and promotes healthy, happy turtles. Happy turtles do not often attack babies or each other.
2007-12-03 11:38:30 · answer #2 · answered by Madkins007 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no don't put the baby in yet.. the other turtles might get territorial and try to hurt the baby.. preferably wait until they are about the same size to put them together
2007-12-02 23:48:47 · answer #3 · answered by Tracey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would depends if the baby turtle is of the same species because if not the others are going to reject it. So make sure.
2007-12-02 17:09:26 · answer #4 · answered by Alr108 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not yet They are too small wait 'till they get a
little bigger, preferably not until they get to
same average size
2007-12-02 17:07:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No not yet, they will eat of hurt the baby
2007-12-02 17:06:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No No no way they will eat them never do that
2007-12-02 17:06:54 · answer #7 · answered by Abhishek Shrivastava 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋