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WHY IS MY MALE TURTLE BITING MY FEMALE IN THE FACE

Posted:
Tue Aug 27, 2013 10:33 pm
by jasoncop954
MALE AND FEMALE RED EARED SLIDERS
MALE IS BITING HER IN THE FACE ARMS PRETTY HARD ITS NOT ALL THE TIME BUT I SEE HIM IT ALOT
I THOUGHT IT WAS MATING BUT NEVER SAW THEM MATE AT ALL
PLZ HELP
Re: WHY IS MY MALE TURTLE BITING MY FEMALE IN THE FACE

Posted:
Tue Aug 27, 2013 10:56 pm
by steve
Males are aggressive, never keep them with other turtles unsupervised. You can't control or change this behavior.
Re: WHY IS MY MALE TURTLE BITING MY FEMALE IN THE FACE

Posted:
Wed Aug 28, 2013 7:38 pm
by Gurgi's Mom
You must separate them immediately before your female is injured, becomes sick from the harassment, oe is killed.
Re: WHY IS MY MALE TURTLE BITING MY FEMALE IN THE FACE

Posted:
Wed Aug 28, 2013 10:03 pm
by jasoncop954
Re: WHY IS MY MALE TURTLE BITING MY FEMALE IN THE FACE

Posted:
Thu Aug 29, 2013 3:19 am
by steve
Yeah, it's fighting. Separate them already.