TWO Turtles in the SAME TANK?!? | Turtle Tankmates

Tell me your turtle cohabitation stories below!!! Also I know a lot of you actually have two (or more) turtles living together. In my personal opinion, most turtles are happy in their own tank (although I'm slightly biased since Nemo is really nasty when it comes to other turtles lol) I'd love to hear your stories, both good and bad, and tell me your opinions!

I am genuinely new to turtle keeping. I began with a want for fish and once I saved enough money, me and my family went to the pet store to purchase a school of fish that seemed easy and attractive. When we got there we saw the turtles and my family and I fell in love. We went home that day and I started doing research. And unfortunately I did not collect enough information about the work that goes into caring for these beautiful creatures. When we returned the next day the workers at the pet store convinced us that two red eared sliders could fit and would grow to the size of a 20 gallon aquarium. Knowing now and watching your videos I am SO upset that these store are spreading false information that can determine an animal’s future. After about three weeks with them in the tank I couldn’t stand it and scrapped up enough money that managed to purchase a 40 gallon breeder and am now searching for a 125 gallon aquarium. Sorry I’m just rambling now. My two turtles (one male and one female) have shown no aggression and love to dig in the rocks together. If you made it to the bottom of the enormous comment congratulations. And thank you for your amazing videos!! You are amazing!

I have a musk turtle with 2 eastern river cooters (M:F) and they get along great! It’s so funny because my musk turtle is very small so he hops on the bigger turtles backs and gets a ride around 😂

I have 2 turtles In the same tank and they’ve been together since there were both babies and now their 3 years old and they cannot be apart from each other they love being together :)

I keep my two turtles in the same tank. Even feed them together, they never show any aggression towards one another. The only thing they do differently together as opposed to alone is when basking sometimes one of them will climb on top of the other forming a turtle stack. they switch who is on the top, and neither seems upset about the other one lying on top of them.

You’re so natural on camera! I’m happy I found your channel!

I have 5 turtle together, and before you go snapping at me, the have plenty of room, a large, breeder 75 tank, and a large basking area. I had one and I got two more turtles from the same place I got the first one, they were already kept together so they got along fine because they were grown together since they were babies. I got two turtles from a friend who could not take care of them anymore. I slowly introduced them, and they all got along perfect. I have a large male, female, and medium sized male, the two little ones are to young to tell still. They get along fine, but they tend to steal each others food, so when I would feed them things like fish I pull them out one at a time and let them grab their piece and set them back in the tank, I then scatter the remaining food around the aquarium. They all eat fine since I started doing that, although I always watch them each incase of an emergency. Things like floating pellets they never fight over. They all take a corner and I feed their corner and they eat right up with no problem. Encase you’re curious I have one red eared slider and the rest are yellow bellied sliders. The largest male tends to try to mate with the female but I think she’s to young still and the other male doesn’t have problems with the older male, it really depends on the type of turtle and their personality, I honestly got very lucky.

I actually have had my 2 female red eared sliders together since I got them. They've been together since they were babies. They never fight but I do feed separately.

Painted Turtles can be kept together as long as you have multiple of each gender. They live in "communities" in the wild. You can see them basking together.

I love watching your videos! I’ve been thinking about getting turtles recently and I’ve been watching all of your videos and have learned so much!

Ok so... here goes. I basically saved two red eared sliders so no choice in just keeping one turtle. But I strive to give them all their needs. I purchased a 125 gallon tank and base, added two turtle toppers one on each side, two canister filters, one back mounted filter, a 3D back ground and large river rocks. Currently my two turtles love it. Do they fight? Very rare at best. This is due feeding them strawberries as treats and they are greedy. If I see any form of aggression I immediately pull them out and make them walk around for about 10 minutes and they forget all about it. I am lucky, my turtles have their own basking area and the tank is so huge that they hardly interact. Oh male and female. So they have their own space and when they do interact they are both digging through rocks and basically just looking for anything they can find under the rocks. I also have two feeder fish. Aggressive yes. I would not put another turtle in my tank. Because they can be aggressive. But they eat together and basically share lettuce with out issue. It’s only if I give them treats, Especially a strawberry when they become aggressive. So my practice is give them a treat... walk them shortly after then put them in their tank. They have been great. Mind you these turtles came from a half filled tank with over 5 turtles trying to share one basking lamp. Now they are living in paradise. I will make a video and share with you. Your videos helped me understand turtle behavior and because of your videos I now have my own saved turtles. This is a personal thank you. Keep up the great work. I will share the video with you some time this weekend. Thank you!!

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This popped up in my feed. I was actually going to ask about it. Thank you! I worry about my turtle, Elliot being lonely but I didn’t think turtles had buddies in the wild. This was very helpful!

I have had 2 red eared sliders for about 9 years now. They have lived together since they were hatchlings and have always gotten along well. They are both females. I have never fed them separately and they actually hang out together quite a bit.

This was actually very helpful I just got a scorpion mud turtle an i wanted to get another one but I’m glade I watched this before I did. Thank you

I love your videos.❤️ Happy to watch them 😊

I am a new turtle owner! This was helpful, thank you for posting! I rescued 3 baby Red Eared Sliders in the fall & they're 5 months old now. I have 2 boys, 1 girl. The girl is 4 inches now, one of the boys is 3", & the other boy is 2". So far they get along well!! They are together sometimes and sometimes separate. However, they like to sleep all smooshed together on one side of the basking rock at night (even though they have plenty of room to spread out elsewhere)! Lol. I have noticed sometimes when feeding they don't realize that they can all go for separate food around the tank, instead they kind of try to go for the same pieces. It doesn't seem aggressive thus far, but trying to watch that! May end up feeding them in separate containers as they grow older! Also am thinking about getting a divider once they are old enough to mate. @TheTurtleGirl do you have any suggestions for tank dividers?! :)

I have a Mississippi Map, Red Eared Slider, and a Western Painted all in the same tank. They seem to get along well

In July or June of 2020 I got these baby turtles (Musk turtle, red eared slider) in the beginning they kinda fought but now they’re fine together now a days. Also thanks for these tips! Love ya channel kinda a new viewer

Very informative and well put together keep up the good work