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07-02-2009, 03:44 PM | #1 |
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territorial?
hey everyone, recently, ive been nagging my mum for another tort, and i think im finelly getting to her, she is just sure to torts cant live together cos there territorial, just because she heard that from a shopkeeper is this right, cos a lot of u keep torts together!
if this is the case i shall probably get another enclosure and gt a different breed for a change but i would prefebly want another dwarf hermann living with jasper
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Hi i have two torts and they live together with no problems, but i would reccomend if you get a second one that you put he or she in quarantine for up to 18months, just to be on the safe side incase the new one maybe carrying anything that your unaware of
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07-02-2009, 04:04 PM | #3 |
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Also if you end up with to males you could be in trouble in a few years down the line, as the males tend to bite eachother and fight alot!
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There also is no such thing as a dwarf hermans. This causes lots of confusion if the right speices name is not used They are hermanni hermanni.
The only time you get problems usually with tortoises are when they are different sexes.
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09-02-2009, 05:45 PM | #5 |
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I don't know why keep saying that. Why not just agree that a Testudo Hermanni Hermanni can be called a Dwarf Hermann?
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07-02-2009, 05:36 PM | #6 |
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would you reccomend getting a female to go with jasper then?
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08-02-2009, 11:49 AM | #7 |
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Yes but it's really hard to sex them properly when there so young! So it's just the luck of the draw really, best of luck
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If you buy from a reputable breeder, they might have a better idea if they have females or not.
I breed ibera, and have some hatchlings left from August, and I do try and guess which are female and which are males. There are no guarentees but a better chance. I think all my ibera hatchlings are female, one I am not so sure about. But I do incubate for females, but you can get mixed clutches. Any of the ibera I have decided to keep (first hatchling from a particular female) so far have all been females. So you can get a better idea of what sex they are. Sorry for rambling on So hermans breeders can be the same.
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I have two male hermanns who were living together happily for 3 years with their old owner, but when they came to live with me last September the larger tortoise (7yrs old) starting attacking the smaller one (3yrs old). He actually cut the little one above the eye so they have been separated now. I don't know If i would have left them to fight out dominance over the new territory if they would have eventually got along, but I chose not to risk it. I think it was the moving house which spurred them to start fighting out the new territory, I don't know if they'd never moved if they'd still get along?
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Thats quite a big age gap between the tortoises. So it could be a dominance thing.
If you can post a picture of their underside tail end, then someone will try and ID if they are male or female. Then it might give us a better idea on what is what It also depends on if there is any difference in the amount of space they have, as the more space the better. You have done the right thing in seperating, as you dont want any real damage done to the smaller tortoise. When you can get them outside, and in a bigger area it might get better, especially if we can id the sexes.
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