Okay, so I went in my turtle room to turn off the lights, and i looked down into my pond, and I see my male RES fred breeding my female RES Jo. I also have a suspicion that he bred my other female RES wilma. I say this because I picked her up and a white milky substance came out from her um, how do you say, "lady area". I usually keep my males and females seperate so they cant breed. But fred actually lifted his screen top off of his tank, jumped out and into my 100 gallon indoor preformed pond I keep my females in (he is fine, no injuries that I can see in case your wondering). Also my two females are fighting now, they have never fought with each other. They are biting each other and chasing each other around the pond. I seperated them, but is this normal behavior? Will they eventually get along again after they both lay eggs? I know practically everything about RES other than the topic of breeding. So now here is the rest of my parade of questions for you guys.
1.) What kind of a nesting area should I provide? Does it need to be just sand or loose dirt or something else?
2.) how long does it take after breeding for the females to lay the eggs?
3.) will they require anything extra now that they are pregnant? Do they need more calcium or vitamins or anything?
Like I said before I know almost everything else about RES exept breeding. Also if there is anything I didnt ask about you think I should know, please tell me. I read the redearedslider.com section on breeding, but it didnt answer all my questions. also to the mods, I didnt know what section to put this under, if its in the wrong place I am sorry. Thank you in advance to anyone who helps me out.
. But I guess what ever I gotta do to make sure my RES stay happy and healthy I will do it.
