hello all need help

[scullsnroses]

does any one no why my male horsefeild tortoise keeps charging and head butting my female and do i need to separate them ???

 

[dmmj]

That is what males do, unless you have a very big enclosure he will torment the poor female forever. Remember in the wild he would only encounter a female every so often, so right now he probably thinks he is in heaven.

 

[bikerchicspain]

He thinks it's mating time, the males tend to be a bit of a bully when they get the urge and the female shuns him, he will ram her to the extent of damaging her shell.

If he is larger than her put a small hide in that only she can get into, if not then like DMMJ said get a bigger enclosure or separate them.

It can be quite stressfull for a female, that's why I have more females than males...

 

[Maggie Cummings]

Yep, DMMJ is totally correct. A male Horsefeild will harass a female to death if he has the opportunity to do that. You need to separate them for her sake

 

[Yvonne G]

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Its hard to keep a pair of Russian tortoises in the house. If you have a large outdoor pen, she can usually find a place out of his sight and its easier on the pair, but in the house in a small habitat, pairs just don't work out.

 

[dmarcus]

Hello and welcome to the forum..

No more for me to add that everyone above hasn't already, good luck...

 

[ascott]

Welcome to the Forum We LOVE PICS

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Welcome!

 

[scullsnroses]

hi my names katalina and we have a 6 ft table but he still stalks her

 

[scullsnroses]

my female is a lot bigger than my male and thank you for your answers as they have helped me a great deal and i will separate them as don't want MIA affected by oscars bulling antics