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Turtle mating ritual or dominance?

April 26, 2017Dominance mating ritual turtle

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Turtle mating ritual or dominance?

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Hello Crew, April 14, two years ago, I found an Eastern Painted Turtle hatchling which I adopted. I have kept it in a bowl on my desk at work Mon. thru Friday, bringing him home with me on the weekends. This April, I set up a ten gallon aquarium for him/her at work, which he/she shares with a small crab (not me). Since it has been in its new home (two months), it has almost doubled in size. (Is this normal?) Last Friday (5/14) I found another Eastern Painted Turtle hatchling which I adopted. I have it in the bowl vacated by “Killer”. Several self-proclaimed turtle experts (research vets) have told me that because both turtles are the same species, Killer would n