tortoise

[sherri]

hello my too male herman tortoise are fighting and i cant keep them apart as my garden also for my little girl so i not wanted any money for him just a sawp for a girl tortoise he is 3 years old
and is a Hermanni Hermanni

[Bindi]

Sherri to be totally honest with you Hermanni hermanni are pretty thin on the ground and to get a female Thh is like looking for gold-dust.

Is there really no way you can find the room to separate them?

I'm only saying this as to wait to get someone to swap a male for a female you could be waiting a very long time...sorry

[sherri]

yeah i see where your coming from but no there no way as i made a big bit of the garden just for tortoise and the rest is for my little girl they are biteing and banging heads all the time really going for it .

[Bindi]

Even if you had one male one female you would more than likely have to separate them as the male wouldn't leave the female alone.

[Alan1]

Perhaps if there is no way round it you'd be better off selling him. Are you certain it's a male (tho probably can't be 100% at 3yo) and certain it's Hermanni Hermanni? Has it been ID'd on here?

[sherri]

yes too both

[Alan1]

as Bindi says you could wait a very long time. One member, Brodi I think it was waited so long he eventually went to Germany to get one

[yuna1971]

If they are fighting and injuring themselves then you should separate Sherri. I empathise that you have a little girl and its difficult but maybe if you cannot separate due to space, then for the tortoises well being and health, you should sell one/rehome it -as caledonia has said. Its not something that can be ignored with them fighting.
See what others say on the matter.

[rosshan]

Originally Posted by sherri

i made a big bit of the garden just for tortoise and the rest is for my little girl .

Then make a divider in the torts enclosure, so they cant get to each other. Ok your reducing each torts space but at least they are safe!

[yuna1971]

I agree with Rosshan also. If I am perfectly honest with you ,with all due respect, but you shouldnt have got 2 if you did not have adequate space to keep them.
I sincerely hope you can take the advice of people on this thread and do the right thing, but please dont just leave it - hoping it will go away.
I wish you luck, please take peoples advice Sherri. xx