My personal recommendation would be that each year each tort needs a vet checkup and a fecal test. This is something you should have money put aside for (vet bills).
I'd get a new scale if yours isn't accurate; you could see if you can find a scale that measures less than humans but more than a kitchen scale...not sure if they make those. When you take them into the vet they get weighed too.
Does anyone know much an adult Greek can weigh? I looked up that a typical kitchen scale may weigh up to 2,000 grams (4.4 lb). Some may have a higher capacity though. Weighing a tort on a bathroom scale isn't going to be very accurate....I'm wondering what the other options are.
Yes, if they have already been exposed to each other then no use doing a quarantine now. That is for future reference. But, they could have parasites or similar without symptoms (my tort did)--you may not be in the clear.
I would really keep an eye on the aggression. That is good you have a large garden for them. Do they seem to each have their own area they stay in?
I don't understand this sentence; please clarify: "Let's say we were to get a male for them both... they are different sizes though of the same type as Spur thigh, but different variations. What would one reccommend?"
If you breed, you would want exactly the same subspecies for each, in my opinion. This is why you need to know what subspecies of tort you have. Some will disagree with this though.
I'd get a new scale if yours isn't accurate; you could see if you can find a scale that measures less than humans but more than a kitchen scale...not sure if they make those. When you take them into the vet they get weighed too.
Does anyone know much an adult Greek can weigh? I looked up that a typical kitchen scale may weigh up to 2,000 grams (4.4 lb). Some may have a higher capacity though. Weighing a tort on a bathroom scale isn't going to be very accurate....I'm wondering what the other options are.
Yes, if they have already been exposed to each other then no use doing a quarantine now. That is for future reference. But, they could have parasites or similar without symptoms (my tort did)--you may not be in the clear.
I would really keep an eye on the aggression. That is good you have a large garden for them. Do they seem to each have their own area they stay in?
I don't understand this sentence; please clarify: "Let's say we were to get a male for them both... they are different sizes though of the same type as Spur thigh, but different variations. What would one reccommend?"
If you breed, you would want exactly the same subspecies for each, in my opinion. This is why you need to know what subspecies of tort you have. Some will disagree with this though.