i have a variety of turtles(10 total). they range from red eared sliders to painted box turtles, a soft shell turtle, river musks and an african box turtle. my question is do any of those turtles change there sex once they mate with another turtle? ive noticed that since one of the three red eared sliders mated with another turtle the other two which are males try to mate with that one inparticular. is it just the red eared sliders or do all turtles change sex after they mate?
Answers:
the two turtles most probably smell the female on that particular male, and therefor think it is a female, but no turtles don't change their sexes, sorry dude maybe they are even gay
No, turtles cannot change their sex. You probably have made a mistake sexing them.
Do you have a turtle head popping out?
I only know that normal land turtles (the usual kind) don't change sex. I don't know any details about your kinds.
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Turtles are not known to be able to change sex once hatched.
Young turtles can be very tricky to properly sex so it is likely that earlier estimates of sex were inaccurate.
Some questions:
1. There are no such things as 'painted box turtles' or 'African box turtles'. The African box is probably one of the Asian box turtles (Cuora species). The 'painted box' is probably either a Painted turtle or a true Box turtle. If this is a typo, no problem, but if someone told you this is what they were you NEED to get them ID'ed right so you can give them the right care- Asian boxes, painted turtles and American boxes all need VERY different kinds of care and habitats.
2. I hope these are not all in one tank. For one thing, it would have to be a HUGE tank (figure 10 gallons of swimming water per inch of turtle. With 10 turtles an average of 4" long, you'd need 400 gallons of water!)
3. Further, some of these guys will not do well together in the long run. Softshells get shell fungi easily, want sandy bottoms and shallow water. American box turtles want dry land, while some Asian boxes want land, others want water, and some need lots of both.
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