Hello everyone, I just adopted two RES and even though i have wanted turtles all my life (thank you Ninja Turtles) i really dont know much about taking care of them. I have learned alot from this site, but i still have some questions.
The bigger turtle is about 5in long and the smaller one is about 4. We dont know for sure how old they are, but we think they are about a year old. I have them in a 29 gallon tank that was given to me, i know this is small for 2 turtles, i do plan to upgrade to a 75+ gallon tank when i have the money.
The questions i have are: How do i tell if they are male or female? Should i worry about the larger one hogging all the food (the little one is on the thin side)? What do RES like other than the turtle food i have, are there things to give them as a treat? and is there anything i can tell about them by the color of their shell? The little ones is brownish at the top while the bigger one is a good green color. EDIT: Another thing ive noticed is that once in a while the little one will go beserk flailing all around as if its trying to get out of the tank, after a little itll settle back down again, whts the deal with that?
Thank you all in advance, heres a picture of my turtles (i havent named them yet, any ideas?) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/ ... urtles.jpg
