tortoisetime565 said:Yay so he is a russian!!! Now I have two and I can for sure house them together!!! Thank you! I could not figure it out. My russian is so lightly colored and he is so dark.
biochemnerd808 said:In spite of both your tortoises being Russian tortoises, @tortoisetime565, you very likely will end up having to house them separately. RTs are very territorial, and will end up fighting and biting, until the underdog becomes withdrawn and possibly ill.
Here's a blog post I wrote on the issues of keeping 2 RTs together: http://tortaddiction.blogspot.com/2013/09/why-not-to-keep-2-tortoises-together.html
tortoisetime565 said:Yay so he is a russian!!! Now I have two and I can for sure house them together!!! Thank you! I could not figure it out. My russian is so lightly colored and he is so dark.