Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2018 1:31 pm Turtle acting strange?
Hello! I have two RES turtles both 9 years old. They live in a 125 gallon pond in my backyard with two sand banks they Like to bask on with much more room. It's fenced off. I BELIEVE one is female and the other is male. Although just recently it's begun to look like the female may be male. They get along just fine though and enjoy each other's company. I've only noticed this happening the past few days, but one of my turtles, Maria, has been scooping up large mouthfuls of the sand (very fine sand) and taking it into the water. She does this on and off throughout the day and I haven't seen her eat it. But she goes in and out of the pond scooping up sand and going back into the water. I have no idea what she's doing. Any ideas? I've never seen her do this.