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Hi
I'm new here but was directed over from another forum.
I have two greek tort males. One is 9 years, the other is of unknown age but was found 15 years ago as an adult by a friend so is probably 25+ I would say. I don't know what sub-species they are (although I'm hoping to try to ID them).
They live separately. They both have such fantastic personalities but the older one is a bit aggressive and somewhat obsessed with shoes/terracotta pots and spends a lot of his time either chasing us around trying to butt and bite our shoes and mate with them, or doing the same to pots/rocks etc. He's rarely aggressive towards me and can be hand fed and enjoys a chin stroke, it's just shoes and pots that seem to get him going! I've read that this is normal behaviour but I just wondered if there is anything I can do to help him. He seems so frustrated bless him. I ended up making him a terracotta pot tortoise friend! It was love at first sight and I give him limited access to it as it seems to help, but maybe that was a bad idea?
Interestingly he wasn't as bad last year (I only inherited him a year ago and my other tort has never behaved like this - perhaps as he is too young).
Others have suggested I get him a female but I really am not sure that's the answer. I wouldn't want to stress out a poor female and I certainly can't house a 3rd tortoise separately (even some of the time) right now so I don't think that is the answer. Of course I may be wrong and would value other people's advice and tales of your own experiences with Male greeks.
thanks
I'm new here but was directed over from another forum.
I have two greek tort males. One is 9 years, the other is of unknown age but was found 15 years ago as an adult by a friend so is probably 25+ I would say. I don't know what sub-species they are (although I'm hoping to try to ID them).
They live separately. They both have such fantastic personalities but the older one is a bit aggressive and somewhat obsessed with shoes/terracotta pots and spends a lot of his time either chasing us around trying to butt and bite our shoes and mate with them, or doing the same to pots/rocks etc. He's rarely aggressive towards me and can be hand fed and enjoys a chin stroke, it's just shoes and pots that seem to get him going! I've read that this is normal behaviour but I just wondered if there is anything I can do to help him. He seems so frustrated bless him. I ended up making him a terracotta pot tortoise friend! It was love at first sight and I give him limited access to it as it seems to help, but maybe that was a bad idea?
Interestingly he wasn't as bad last year (I only inherited him a year ago and my other tort has never behaved like this - perhaps as he is too young).
Others have suggested I get him a female but I really am not sure that's the answer. I wouldn't want to stress out a poor female and I certainly can't house a 3rd tortoise separately (even some of the time) right now so I don't think that is the answer. Of course I may be wrong and would value other people's advice and tales of your own experiences with Male greeks.
thanks