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I have 2 sliders a Mississippi map and 2 painted turtles in a tank. On painted turtle likes to bother my map turtle. He does not bother anyone else. Sometimes my map turtle opens his jaws in preparation to defend himself. My map turtle is my favorite and I 'm worried that they could get into a scuffle (he has bitten him once before but that was in a smaller tank with only them together)
How should I stop them from fighting? or potentially biting one another?
I love them both and don't have the tank space for a separate enclosure :/
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Other than separating them, which is the best option, you could try to give them more space. Either a bigger enclosure or more hiding places inside the enclosure could help. You could also add more basking places to keep them further apart from each other.
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How big are your turtles and what size tank are they in.
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I've decide to part with my painted turtle, the other day he had my map turtle my the neck and wouldn't let go 
My dad had to pull them apart, it was horrible
Luckily my map turtle wasn't hurt but I might not be so lucky next time
I've had had him for years...but he's become a mean old man and I would rather keep them apart then risk another incident.
my turtles:
Painted: Rocky
Painted Herman (mean old man)
Red-eared: Squirt
Red-eared: Buddy
Mississippi map: Morty
Cooter: Muppet
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You could just separate them. And as the others have asked, how big are they and what is the size of the tank?
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put in a separate container like a tank or a baby's bath tub or put more hiding area and expand the cage
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