Male Turtles

[kathyth]

I have more than one, male, 3 striped mud turtle. My question is.......
Can they be together in one tank, without females or will they fight?
My guess is that they need to live alone which is how they currently are.
Thanks!

 

[dduek]

Normally,if the enclose big enough to hang around for them, there's no fight even they are all male. But can't be so sure the turtle's behavior and charicteristic. So be aware .

 

[kathyth]

Normally,if the enclose big enough to hang around for them, there's no fight even they are all male. But can't be so sure the turtle's behavior and charicteristic. So be aware .

Thanks for the feedback!

 

[ascott]

I have more than one, male, 3 striped mud turtle. My question is.......
Can they be together in one tank, without females or will they fight?
My guess is that they need to live alone which is how they currently are.
Thanks!

Are you just wanting to condense them into one manageable space?

 

[kathyth]

Are you just wanting to condense them into one manageable space?

Although it would be nice to have them in one aquarium, it's by no means a necessity.

 

[ascott]

Although it would be nice to have them in one aquarium, it's by no means a necessity.

I have two female Red Ear Sliders that still appear to be females to me....they have been together at least since they were plopped into one of those awesome plastic box things they are sold in downtown 2 for 5.00 through present day, they were tiny and now they are about 6 inches long each....they don't have the make up of males and they don't do that seductive male turtle dance as of yet....they appear to get along with one another ....however, you are dealing with males....they can be a totally different beast all together.....I would suppose you could give her a test run and see what happens, that I believe is the only way you will know--and even then, the boys get a hair up their "you know what" for no reason and can turn savage to one another---which is the reason I asked about the question I did....if it were me, and all is good---I would not do the change. Again, that is just my take and by no means anything more....

 

[Yellow Turtle01]

I have two females, res&ybs, but I also have a lovely male, and I had no issue with bullying between the three.... but I separated them because they laid eggs (non fertile ) but I didn't want 'that' to happen right at this exact moment, so they are all by themselves, now. I also had extreme issues with dirty water, and the conclusion was they are simply too big too be kept together in anything but a turtle pond.
So if you have a few males, they could probably be just cheery living together in a larger space, and females difenity would help break up the tension