Spanish herman's
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Hi all!
First and foremost, sorry for my bad english. As you can tell by my name, I'm from Spain (in Europe) and I love tortoises. As my father liked them too, they've accompanied me since I was a wee kid. A couple of testudo hermanni hermanni was joined by a testudo graeca (all of them bought legally). They live toguether (one male and two females) outdoors, in a big planted gardens with fruits they eat like apples and figs (although we feed them and make sure they drink enough). We've even managed to breed them a couple of times (hermanni hermanni).
It's quite sad as one of the females that accompanied us since I was 6 or 7 years old (around 2004) was stolen last year. They couldn't scape and someone took them... I have some suspects, but no hope of getting her back. At the moment, as I said, I have one male and two females.
Last month at a reptile expo we bought a baby marginata, which is also comfortable in this climate, although I'll keep it in a terrarium till it's old enough.
The thing is I've seen sulcatas and I like them, the garden is big enough for them to roam free. The two inconveniences I've found are the following:
-If I do get a pair, and they grow as much as they have to grow, will they get agressive towards other torts?
-Having them during summer season is easy, but when they grow, what would be the best alternative to house them during winter? I've heard some dog house with a ceramic heater.
Dividing the garden into different enclousures it's not a solution, so maybe I should go for another species... We live in the south of Spain, Andalusia.
Thanks in advance and sorry if the post was too long. Thanks.
First and foremost, sorry for my bad english. As you can tell by my name, I'm from Spain (in Europe) and I love tortoises. As my father liked them too, they've accompanied me since I was a wee kid. A couple of testudo hermanni hermanni was joined by a testudo graeca (all of them bought legally). They live toguether (one male and two females) outdoors, in a big planted gardens with fruits they eat like apples and figs (although we feed them and make sure they drink enough). We've even managed to breed them a couple of times (hermanni hermanni).
It's quite sad as one of the females that accompanied us since I was 6 or 7 years old (around 2004) was stolen last year. They couldn't scape and someone took them... I have some suspects, but no hope of getting her back. At the moment, as I said, I have one male and two females.
Last month at a reptile expo we bought a baby marginata, which is also comfortable in this climate, although I'll keep it in a terrarium till it's old enough.
The thing is I've seen sulcatas and I like them, the garden is big enough for them to roam free. The two inconveniences I've found are the following:
-If I do get a pair, and they grow as much as they have to grow, will they get agressive towards other torts?
-Having them during summer season is easy, but when they grow, what would be the best alternative to house them during winter? I've heard some dog house with a ceramic heater.
Dividing the garden into different enclousures it's not a solution, so maybe I should go for another species... We live in the south of Spain, Andalusia.
Thanks in advance and sorry if the post was too long. Thanks.