General Care Discussion :: just got them :) and need advise...

[ellman605]

Thats definatly a Yellow Bellied Slider.

[greek]

Thats definatly a Yellow Bellied Slider.

sooo ?
they are going to be fine together huh?
and about mating etc?

[DavidY]

Yes, their care requirements are similar. I think there are others here who have YBS also. There's a good chance they will mate, if they are attracted to each other. Then you will have hybrid YBS x RES, but you may want to read up on the reproduction section on the website first. There's a lot involved with nesting, egg laying, incubating, raising the hatchlings, and most importantly, finding all the babies a good home. There's way too many of these turtles out there and the sad result is a very large number of these poor babies being abused, neglected or improperly cared for.

Those are two beautiful turtles, by the way!

[greek]

thanks
well i got a lot of caring people who may want to adopt the babies..
so i think when i am sure my turtles are cosy and happy with their new home then i will read about mating and nesting etc...
they are sleeping head to head so i think their relationship is getting better

[RunninWideOpen]

hey greek. those are great looking turtles!

i noticed you said that was their basking brick. that's kinda a cool idea, i never thought of a glass brick. you may want to raise it up a little higher though. the pic looks like they are not able to get completely out of the water. It's really important for them to get completely out of the water and completely dry off.

[greek]

hey greek. those are great looking turtles!

i noticed you said that was their basking brick. that's kinda a cool idea, i never thought of a glass brick. you may want to raise it up a little higher though. the pic looks like they are not able to get completely out of the water. It's really important for them to get completely out of the water and completely dry off.

well i am continously changing the environment to make it better...
yeap its higher now the photo is when i just put it..
the problem with glassbrick is that they have problems moving on it so i am going to make its surface a little rough..

[RunninWideOpen]

good idea! sounds like your doing a great job researching and improving the environment for your turtles. keep reading around the main site and the forum. I'm still learning new stuff!

[greek]

yeap i am learning both from forum and their reactions..
i put some cotton on the glass brick and they are now able to climb at ease..

[RunninWideOpen]

awesome. just make sure they don't try and eat the cotton. mine are quite the omnivores and try to eat everything I put in there at first.

[greek]

awesome. just make sure they don't try and eat the cotton. mine are quite the omnivores and try to eat everything I put in there at first.

aha i thought about it.. its thick cotton so they cant bite it ...