Howdi all,
It's been quite warm lately, so I thought it would be a good time to unbox the boxies and get them out in the sunshine.
Now, my two males have never been on good terms. They usually will get into biting fights when they see one another mating or trying to mate, but other than that they're usually fine.
But today, they really have it out for each other. The slightly smaller male (Leon) is trying to bed his favorite girl, but the larger male (George) won't have any of it. He's attacked him at least 3 times in the last hour, and they get into these head biting matches that don't draw any blood but leave nice turtle beak dents in each others heads. I've broken them up more times than I can count, but even if I put them on opposite sides of their pens, George will chase Leon down.
For now, I've put Leon back in his hibernation box, but obviously this can't be a permanent home. Any thoughts? Should I let them duke it out? Should I keep them seperate for a few days? Should I seperate them permanently?
It's been quite warm lately, so I thought it would be a good time to unbox the boxies and get them out in the sunshine.
Now, my two males have never been on good terms. They usually will get into biting fights when they see one another mating or trying to mate, but other than that they're usually fine.
But today, they really have it out for each other. The slightly smaller male (Leon) is trying to bed his favorite girl, but the larger male (George) won't have any of it. He's attacked him at least 3 times in the last hour, and they get into these head biting matches that don't draw any blood but leave nice turtle beak dents in each others heads. I've broken them up more times than I can count, but even if I put them on opposite sides of their pens, George will chase Leon down.
For now, I've put Leon back in his hibernation box, but obviously this can't be a permanent home. Any thoughts? Should I let them duke it out? Should I keep them seperate for a few days? Should I seperate them permanently?