***FRIENDS??**

[jockma]

@TammyJ you’re probably right, I don’t know how old or big they’d have to be to start fighting for dominance. Unless they compete for food even as hatchlings.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

@TammyJ you’re probably right, I don’t know how old or big they’d have to be to start fighting for dominance. Unless they compete for food even as hatchlings.

They do.
It's subtle. (IN REDFOOT)
They also jostle for the best warm area, best hide, etc.
Though I've never seen outright violence in jouveniles.
From cradle to grave as they say.
Happiest alone.
(If a tortoise is ever happy?)

 

[TammyJ]

They do.
It's subtle. (IN REDFOOT)
They also jostle for the best warm area, best hide, etc.
Though I've never seen outright violence in jouveniles.
From cradle to grave as they say.
Happiest alone.
(If a tortoise is ever happy?)

Of course they can be happy...that is, secure, well fed, well housed, comfortable, thriving, etc. etc. As opposed to unhappy....deprived of good care. Happiness is possible in a tortoise if we define it as being a condition and not an emotion.