Onomatotia
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Hello!
My husband and I currently have a ~3 y.o. male Russian tortoise, Dodger. He’s been so awesome that we’re considering getting him a sister or brother.
Since the second tort would be too young to sex definitively, I have a question.
Disclaimer: I have no intention of ever breeding the two and they would always be housed separately indoors and out from day one.
If the second tortoise does end up being female, will my male spend the rest of his life trying to find a way to get to her to mate? Would having a male and female in the same vicinity be stressful to either of them in anyway?
We have our current Russian in a 2 story 4’x4’ tort table that I’m renovating before he comes in for the winter. Our new baby, once she/he gets old enough for lower humidity would have the same size accommodations but would have to be housed in the same room.
Their outdoor enclosures will have to be near each other since one side of my yard is always shaded and floods pretty regularly if there is a heavy rain.
I’d love to get another baby from @Carol S since she gave us our beautiful boy, but I’ve also considered a E. Hermann if another Russian will somehow be too stressful for Dodger or our new addition.
Thanks so much!
My husband and I currently have a ~3 y.o. male Russian tortoise, Dodger. He’s been so awesome that we’re considering getting him a sister or brother.
Since the second tort would be too young to sex definitively, I have a question.
Disclaimer: I have no intention of ever breeding the two and they would always be housed separately indoors and out from day one.
If the second tortoise does end up being female, will my male spend the rest of his life trying to find a way to get to her to mate? Would having a male and female in the same vicinity be stressful to either of them in anyway?
We have our current Russian in a 2 story 4’x4’ tort table that I’m renovating before he comes in for the winter. Our new baby, once she/he gets old enough for lower humidity would have the same size accommodations but would have to be housed in the same room.
Their outdoor enclosures will have to be near each other since one side of my yard is always shaded and floods pretty regularly if there is a heavy rain.
I’d love to get another baby from @Carol S since she gave us our beautiful boy, but I’ve also considered a E. Hermann if another Russian will somehow be too stressful for Dodger or our new addition.
Thanks so much!