Can i put a baby map turtle in with a painted turtle?

Question

the map is only about a inch

painted about 6 inch

they are in a 20 gallon tank

and please leave your source and how can you tell if a painted turtle is a female or male and how can you tell if a map and soft shell turtle are a female or male

Answer 1

First of 20 gallons for the painted turtle is WAY TOO SMALL, that is considered animal abuse, the turtle should be in 75 gallons or more. Also the baby can not be in the same aquarium as the adult because the baby will get eaten.first read all of this and see if you have this setup, it costs at least $300, and is a regular setup. All the stuff is expensive!- Really, you have to be very responsible to own a pet turtle, because they are a huge responsibility. You have to be a loving, caring person who is willing to care for a turtle every single day! Really it is a big job for some people, but if you are willing to accept the challenge then go for it.

************ This is a setup for a red eared slider the most common type of turtle, they get up to 12 inches, but you will see them as babies at a store commonly, so know that they will grow very big**************

You will need to get a 50 gallon starter tank and upgrade to a 75 gallon later on when your turtle is over 6 inches...If you can not get that big of a tank right now then for now you can use a huge rubbermaid container filled up with clean warm water 5/6 of the way. The water should be 75-82F, that can be achieved by buying a water heater at the petstore, along with a water filter. Water filters that are best are canister filters, like the Rena xp3 filter which costs $200, but filters very well. Do buy a filter please, even a cheap one at $25, is better then none at all, since turtles are extremely messy and p**p-ful (haha). The bottom of the tank should be bare, no gravel because they could choke on that mistaking it for food. On top of the water you need 3 things, 1. a basking dock ( buy a large size zoomed basking dock). 2. you 100% need to buy a basking lamp+bulb, you buy them separatly, then s***w the bulb in ( 50 watts) and shine it on the basking dock over a mesh hood( cut a hole out of it and place the light there!). 3. This is very important, you need a uvb light. It is a long thin light, you need to get the actual lamp+ the long skinny bulb. Reptosun 5.0 is the best bulb( together costs $55). Shine that onto the basking dock as well. Turtles need these together because they use the uva for heat, so they stay warm ( the basking site should be 90-95F, not colder) and they need the uvb rays to metabolize calcium and vitamin d3 for a stronger shell ( like you need it for your bones!) The diet for the turtle should be reptomin pellets ( and other nutricuos pellets!) crickets, mealworms, bloodworms, shrimp, and krill. All of this is found dead at the petstore!;) They also need vegetation, get kale, mustard greens, romaine lettuce, and collard greens. Drop all of the food in the tank once a day, and remove any leftover bits after a few hours. By the way ALL of the protien food ( dead food, that was alive once) should be dusted with a calcium supplement ( powder) and you need to get a cuttlebone found in the bird aisle of the petstore and drop it in the water for him to knaw on, keep it there for a while (month) until she eats all of it, then get another. Once all of these things are done your turtle will be pretty happy!

Answer 2

Number one, the 20 gal. is too small for the Painted alone.  Rule of thumb is 10 gal. of water per inch of turtle shell length, so the Painted should be in a 60 or larger gal. tank.

The 1" Map hatchling is liable to be eaten or seriously wounded/killed by the larger already crowded turtle.  See the site below on aggression.

Care for a Painted, Map, RES, etc. will be the same so the links below apply.

As for sexing, if the turtles are old enough to tell:

http://members.shaw.ca/turtles/sexing.ht...

As for sources:

http://redearslider.com/unusual_behavior...

http://www.austinsturtlepage.com/Care/ca...

http://reslider.free.fr/backup/feeding.h...

http://www.redearslider.com/

http://www.turtle-care.com/

http://www.petturtle.com/care.htm

Good luck with your pets, but you need new much larger tanks.

I hope this has been helpful.

Answer 3

tell the gender-

males have longer claws and larger (thicker tails) and females have short claws and very thin tails.

this site has some pics of what im talking about.

if your map is a female then they will be able to be house once the female gets larger.  a female map will get about 9 inches so it could stand its own with a painted turtle.

a male on the other hand stays very small.  they should only be housed with other maps.  a painted turtle could easily hurt the map on accident or if they started to fight the map would loose.  

you also mentioned a soft shell.  those prefer to be alone and should not be housed with other turtles other then their own species.  

make sure you get a much larger tank.  a male map can get away with a 40 gallon but a female map, softshell, and a painted turtle will need a much larger tank (over  55) to house them.