Male greek
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Keeping a male Greek can be challenging... and don't I know it. They are not all as bad as my Joe, but Joe's behaviour is typical.
If you get a female, be prepared to keep her separately and only introduce her to mate before separating them.
DO NOT expect it to make any difference whatsoever to the behaviour of your male.
Joe has had his time with girls... it has made not one iota of difference to his behaviour.
In the wild, Greeks are largely solitary. They roam huge distances, meet up, mate and move on. they don't get lonely or settle down for life with a soul mate.
Testosterone fuelled males harass females constantly in captivity... and in their absence harass anything going be that a rock, a flower pot, a drain cover or the wheelie bin. Females become withdrawn due to the attention and can become ill and die.
If you do get a second tortoise, she must be a similar size and must be kept in quarantine, entirely separately for a good 6-12 months, before she meets yours. This is to prevent either from making the other sick.
If you get a female, be prepared to keep her separately and only introduce her to mate before separating them.
DO NOT expect it to make any difference whatsoever to the behaviour of your male.
Joe has had his time with girls... it has made not one iota of difference to his behaviour.
In the wild, Greeks are largely solitary. They roam huge distances, meet up, mate and move on. they don't get lonely or settle down for life with a soul mate.
Testosterone fuelled males harass females constantly in captivity... and in their absence harass anything going be that a rock, a flower pot, a drain cover or the wheelie bin. Females become withdrawn due to the attention and can become ill and die.
If you do get a second tortoise, she must be a similar size and must be kept in quarantine, entirely separately for a good 6-12 months, before she meets yours. This is to prevent either from making the other sick.
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jay wible said:
It would also be helpful to know what subspecies of Greek tortoise you have. Could you post some photos?
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