Habitat - Indoor :: mating or aggressive? +my male RES digging. why? ? [+VIDEO!]

[turtie]

Hey!

As you might know , I've got two RES, one male and one female.
1) Lots of time I see them standing in front of each other and vibrates their hands into each other. Is it mating or aggressive behavior?
2) Lots of time I also see the female standing of her legs and the make "smells" her tail, what is it?
3) This week I see the male RES trys to digg holes in the sand lots of times, and seems to spend much time doing that (in the tank- in the water).... What does it meens?


Thanks you!
Turtie!!

[Lilsaint]

They have probably mated.

[turtie]

and mating doesnt always meens that they would like to breed, right?
i was scared, i toght those nail could hurt them when they're doing it

[steve]

1) could be both
2) not sure what you mean... he is smelling her tail? My male RES likes to do the same.
3) is he using his front legs? He's probably just foraging. Females who dig with their hind legs might be gravid

if you have a male+female in there, it's likely they are active, which greatly increases the chances of egg production

[turtie]

his digging by swinging his body left-to-right , looks pretty funny tought
are you sure they can be active by egg production? i think they are not even 2 years old, but i cant be sure

[turtie]

ok... it gets really disturbing. the female digs intensively in the whole tank and throws everything away! how could i know if she's got something?

the male doing the same thing and he goes after her while shaking his hands...

[turtie]

CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO - WHAT ARE THEY DOING???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCoM41tYa2w

[n00bEmpty]

Looks like an act of dominance.

[turtie]

wich meens, kind of fight? they can hurt each other?

[n00bEmpty]

They can definitely hurt each other or kill each other. If one turtle is large enough then they could completely decapitate the other one. I'm not sure though, I'm just going on the act of dominance since they both look like they tried to bite each other.

[jozzep]

This is clearly aggression....They're biting each other.
Keep a close eye.If you find one with a wound on the top of it's neck, it's time separate.

[turtie]

ok. arent male and female should be like each other?
how can i make them mate? (not for eggs... for peace...) :S


edit:
i saw this video now, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I47YXmNC ... re=related - isn't the same?



thanks.

[n00bEmpty]

ok. arent male and female should be like each other?
how can i make them mate? (not for eggs... for peace...) :S


edit:
i saw this video now, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I47YXmNC ... re=related - isn't the same?



thanks.

In that video then they weren't biting each other.

[turtie]

oh i see. i never saw my turtles bitting each other while doing it untill that time i cought them on camera....


i repeat my prev question:
arent male and female should be like each other?
how can i make them mate? (not for eggs... for peace...) :S


and about the seperation - seperate them for good or temporary?

[n00bEmpty]

Well, males tend to harass the female. Separate them temp then put them back together and see what happens. If it happens again then for good.