When I moved into a house I found there were 2 tortoises in the garden and last week I found one more. All three are different sizes and look a bit different but I think they're all greek tortoises.
All was good until yesterday I found the smallest of the three chasing the new tortoise which was twice its size. It caught up with it and started to mount it and knock it with the shell. The big one tried to get away and finally I took the small one and put it in a different part of the garden. The garden is quite large.
I did some research into the causes of that knocking and chasing and mounting but I'm not sure if it's territorial or sexual. I'm unable to tell what sex they are.
I've included photos with labels: large, medium, small to identify each.
Can you please help?
Thank you.
All was good until yesterday I found the smallest of the three chasing the new tortoise which was twice its size. It caught up with it and started to mount it and knock it with the shell. The big one tried to get away and finally I took the small one and put it in a different part of the garden. The garden is quite large.
I did some research into the causes of that knocking and chasing and mounting but I'm not sure if it's territorial or sexual. I'm unable to tell what sex they are.
I've included photos with labels: large, medium, small to identify each.
Can you please help?
Thank you.