mating

Help! I apologize if I’m not posting in the correct place. I have bleeding sulcatas and need help. Two tortoises, 11 yr old and 6 yr old. The older mounted the younger and somehow got stuck. We are not trying to breed. We think the younger is also male. when I went out to separate them, I...

Hi there! I have a pair of leopard tortoises, the older (and larger) one is the female, she was hatched in the summer of 2019 and is about 2500 grams. The smaller one is the male, he hatched in January of 2021. He weighs about 1000 grams. I know he’s male because the last few months, he has been...

Hi I have a one female Russian tortoise and a male Russian tortoise living together in a tank. Neither one of the tortoises have shown aggression to each other they have both been very nice to each other no head banging no ramming of their shell no hissing no biting. The only thing here...

First post on the forum in I’m pretty sure 4 months. Basically around 4/5 months ago my male bred my female in their enclosure quite a lot for a period of 1-2 weeks. This also happened 9/10 months ago. I haven’t seen anything like eggs of the sort. I wouldn’t mind eggs and would be quick to...

My tort has been making non stop sex noises and tries to mate with everything. He ejaculates everywhere and my family is getting tired of cleaning up tortoise semen. This has gone on for months now. It’s gotten to a point where he’ll stop eating if he spots anything that he thinks he can mate...

Hello! We are redesigning our outdoor enclosure for our 20-30 year old CA desert tortoises. We are making two enclosures, one for the female, one for the male. ideally we would divide the existing long and narrow enclosure into two side by side runs, with one shared solid wall Down the middle...

Hi everyone, This is a really strange question but I’m looking for some advice! I will be getting a baby Russian tortoise soon and I want a female but I know that tortoises are very hard to sex when they’re very young. I’ve become really worried that I might end up with a male due to all the...

I have a male and 3 female Russian tortoise. My male and female we’re fine together for six years but in the past two weeks I’ve added two additional females and ever since he has been super aggressive trying to mate. But he is nonstop biting running from one to the other so I’ve ordered a new...

So I have a male and a female that I used to let forage in the backyard together. I was aware that the female had laid a couple of small clutches of eggs and knew that I might eventually have a few hatchlings. I ended up consolidating three clutches together because one clutch was in her hide...

Hi! We are new to the forum, but I used this site to help me research and get ready for my tortoise. My mom got me a russian back in March. She has been healthy and perfect since I brought her home. We were told she was a female, however I am starting to wonder otherwise. For the past week, when...

I've never had much luck with getting my female hingebacks to mate with males once I've moved them inside. Yesterday, I attempted this again, and I documented the event with video. I'd be curious to learn how others are pairing their hingebacks. I keep my Kinixys nogueyi separate throughout...

Hello, I was gifted two Hermann tortoises a week ago. The previous owners told us they are both girls and 3 years old, for the past week I have been keeping them in the same enclosure they have always been kept in but having them in the garden most of the day and they have been fine. However...

Hello everybody! After a few years of taking care of my tortoise and reading on here, I've finally taken the step and joined the forum. My name is Jorge and I live in London, UK. I have a 15 year old male Hermanni. Let me tell you a bit more about him, and his behaviour, and if you have any...

How many years does it take for a wild caught Russian female at 5" take to reach breeding size or 6"? And how long would it take for a baby captive bred one take to reach adult size also?