Groups usually do fine. Larger groups like yours usually work even better assuming they have enough space. PAIRS are the problem we are advising against here. Pairs are almost always a problem.
Baby hatchling sleep a lot!
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Groups usually do fine. Larger groups like yours usually work even better assuming they have enough space. PAIRS are the problem we are advising against here. Pairs are almost always a problem.
Hay and wood chips are much too dry and desiccating. Your tortoise will need at least moderate humidity in order to grow properly. Do you know what your humidity is at tortoise level?
I typed this one up for russians, but care for Greeks is pretty much the same. I hope it will give you some ideas for improvement: http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/russian-tortoise-care-sheet.80698/
This one will help too:
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/beginner-mistakes.45180/
If I were you I should just observe their behaviour, if you see signs of trouble then you can dive in.Ah ok I shall look to see if anyone I know wants to take one off me. They are so tiny and so cute I don't know h ow I'll be able to separate them. I don't have space for 2 vivariume unfortunately
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I don't agree. Living as a pair is a problem. There does not have to be obvious outward attacks happening for the less dominant one to feel chronically stressed by the presence of the other one, and this is exactly what the OP is reporting already.
They are so sweet , exactly like my babies.
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Thanks for the advice everyone, trying to find a new home for one of them. My apartment is just to small for 2 vivariums. I had planned on a bit of extra space when they got to 2/3 yrs old, but not spce for a whole extra vivarium. Breaks my heart
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I second what AbdullaAli says; my Ramona's joy and happiness is to put me in a panic by vanishing, causing me to rake my fingers through every cubic centimeter of substrate several times over before I find the reassuring hard smooth roundness.
Or, put more scientifically, tortoises are quintessential prey animals, and babies even more so. Hiding so thoroughly makes yhem feel secure. And, like toddlers, they want to do things for their own self!
Or, put more scientifically, tortoises are quintessential prey animals, and babies even more so. Hiding so thoroughly makes yhem feel secure. And, like toddlers, they want to do things for their own self!
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I can safely say she has gone to a new home My other little one seems really active now to! As heart breaking as it was, it was for the best! Ive made some amazing little videos or her climbing, burrowing, running around her little enclosure!!
I also think I may be spoiling her, in the morning I try and feed her before I leave for work, and ive noticed, until I hold her, talk to her and hand feed her she won't eat!! xx
My other little one seems really active now to! As heart breaking as it was, it was for the best! Ive made some amazing little videos or her climbing, burrowing, running around her little enclosure!!I also think I may be spoiling her, in the morning I try and feed her before I leave for work, and ive noticed, until I hold her, talk to her and hand feed her she won't eat!! xx
