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Post Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 3:23 pm   how to avoid breeding?

Can male and female RES live together without breeding. I have 2 res that were re-homed to me, I want to better their living conditions but do not want to encourage any mating. truthfully I had no Idea what I was getting into when I agreed to care for these turtles. They have been in my care for a couple of years, I have never seen any mating activety, or eggs laid is this normal.
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Post Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 5:39 pm   Re: how to avoid breeding?

there probably isnt anythign you can do besides separate them, but what u can do is destroy the eggs in a humane way
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Post Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 5:39 pm   Re: how to avoid breeding?

My female lays hers and straight away eats them,
This is probably because my males are not yet old enough to mate, but next year they will be 5 so, Im not sure what im going to do with my eggs as they are hard to keep warm for me.
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Post Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 5:40 pm   Re: how to avoid breeding?

Are you certain you have a male and a female? How old/big are they?
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