Yellow-headed side-necked turtle can be raised with arowana, map turtle, parrot fish, pearl fish, lucky cat fish, one eyebrow road mermaid, etc. These kinds of fish are of medium size, swim fast and have certain aggressiveness, which can well avoid yellow-headed side-necked turtle chasing them. Yellow-headed side-necked turtles are relatively mild in character, so putting them together with fish will not cause harm to fish.

When yellow-headed side-necked turtles are mixed with fish, they need to build a balcony, because they are not all-water turtles, so they can't stay in the water all the time, and they need to float to the water regularly to breathe. Moreover, they like to bask in the sun, and they need to bask in the sun almost every day. If there is no balcony, it will affect their growth and development. In addition, they like vegetarian food, and breeders need to feed them specially when they are mixed.

Yellow-headed side-necked turtles can be mixed with map turtles, round Australian turtles, flame turtles, pearl turtles, etc. These turtles are mild in character, and their body shapes and habits are similar to those of yellow-headed side-necked turtles, which are very suitable for mixed breeding together.

However, the yellow-headed side-necked turtles are large in size, and the turtles mixed with them are also large in size, so breeders need to prepare a large container for them to ensure sufficient space for their activities.