Joshhastwoturtles
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Hi! I've had a tortoise for a couple years now, and she's dug her own burrow that's pretty deep underground (at least 6 feet or so). The other day I got another tortoise. The one is a female, and the new one is a male. They met for the first time today (that I know of), and the male attempted to mate with the female. I am not sure if he succeeded as I didn't see everything that happened and don't know anything about turtle mating. My first question is: Is it normal for a male tortoise to bite on a female while mating? I saw this and was not sure how to react, so I did separate them. Also, any way to tell if a female is receptive to a male or not?
Also, we had been keeping them separate, but the male keeps finding a way to get to the female, and get into her burrow. Today, after officially meeting, and possibly mating, my female tortoise appears to be making her burrow bigger, and is seemingly accepting the male into her burrow as well. Is this normal, and safe for the female? Or should we continue to keep them separate as far as burrows go?
Thank you, any information you can give will be very helpful, and appreciated greatly.
Also, we had been keeping them separate, but the male keeps finding a way to get to the female, and get into her burrow. Today, after officially meeting, and possibly mating, my female tortoise appears to be making her burrow bigger, and is seemingly accepting the male into her burrow as well. Is this normal, and safe for the female? Or should we continue to keep them separate as far as burrows go?
Thank you, any information you can give will be very helpful, and appreciated greatly.