Newbie with 3 ornate boxies

[vanessa]

Hi I'm new to the forum and I just Want someone to answer so questions I have about my turtles. Is it normal for a 2 month old ornate box turtle to still be really small? And is it normal for ornate box turtles to mate 2 diffident ways? Thanks

 

[AustinASU]

Post some pictures of them next to a ruler, and what do you mean two different ways?

 

[mchong9606]

Yes, a two month old ornate is very small and they grow slowly too.

 

[vanessa]

Ok I will post pictures

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Here is the 2 different kinds of mating

 

[tiff3grl]

The first picture is not mating. It looks like it's time to separate the 3 before damage is done. Obviously I cannot tell by a picture but this looks like the acts of aggression. One has either flipped the other or one managed to flip itself. Do you have the room to separate? Make 3 enclosures?

 

[vanessa]

And this is a picture I took today

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The baby is inside my house and the 2 adults are outside but every once in a while we separate them

 

[kimber_lee_314]

Cutie!