Can you put 2 tortoises together

To answer your question yes you can house those 2 species together but you should not. If you are not confident of doing this yourself you may want to ask your vet.

Keeping 2 tortoises together especially of the testudo species is NOT a cake walk.

Can you put 2 tortoises together. To answer your question yes you can house those 2 species together but you should not. Each species carries pathogens that could conceivably make the other species either sick or dead. Or maybe nothing will happen.

You would need to quarantine the new tortoise for about 6 months first but even then you run risks. Can you keep two tortoises together. Yes but not every tortoise will enjoy this.

Two males should never be left alone together. Its okay to have two females together. You can also do a tank with mixed genders as long as there arent too many males.

Do tortoises need friends. Multiple tortoises of the same species can happily be kept together As mentioned above keeping more than one tortoise of precisely the same species does not in theory carry any risk of cross contamination of infection provided of course that neither is harboring an infection that does affect the. Aggressive pushy behavior in mating season is normal but wild females might try to get away from the males.

So another option if you want multiple Russian Tortoises is to have more than one terrarium and only put the tortoises together every so often. These kinds of problems make it clear why its harder to keep exotic animals as pets. Can you keep 2 tortoise together.

Asked by Wiki User. Wiki User Answered 2009-04-05 213857. Sure but they should be the same sex unless you want more tortoises.

Can you keep two different species together also as I very much like the look on leopard tortoises. You cannot mix breeds - apart from the breeding side of it they have totally different requirements so NOT advisable. Keeping tortoises together is fairly common with hobbiests but alot of room is needed for each turtle and they must be closely monitored for a while to see how they react to each otherTorts can easily be solitary animals.

I suggest that you stick to one species and learn everything about it to properly care for that kind of turtle. Tortoises should not be kept in pairs. A trio of young juveniles or a group of one adult male and two or more females will probably be fine in an enclosure that size.

Not a requirement but I like to use flat rocks slate or flagstone under my basking lamps. Do Not Keep One Male and One Female Together Just as two males will be prone to fighting due to lack of distraction by other tortoises or the ability to get far enough away from each other a male kept in close quarters to a single female will be equally as destructive. Keeping 2 tortoises together especially of the testudo species is NOT a cake walk.

In reality it will look like this. A lot of the time. If you get a male and a female after much biting and bullying there will be plenty of mating too.

Two males can live together but they do require some supervision. Tortoises are solitary territorial animals. Keeping a group of females together doesnt usually cause problems.

Two males are a bit more troublesome. If people need friends then why not tortoises reptiles or any kind of animalsSubscribe. HttpsgooglBecCMM Join the KK Army.

If you have the climate and the room for outdoor reptile enclosures you can put compatible species together in large spaces. Bearded dragons can share space with tortoises as they do in Wisconsins Lincoln Park Zoo. These reptiles primarily consume a diet of fruit and vegetables so can share each others meals.

If however they dont wear down you can clip them but they do have a vein running through the nail which you need to be careful not to cut. If you are not confident of doing this yourself you may want to ask your vet. My neighbour has a tortoise.

Is it OK to put them together once in a while for some company. Can reptiles like lizards tortoises live and cohabitate together in captivitySubscribe. HttpsgooglBecCMM Join the KK Army.

Sometimes you can communally house members of the same species together in one enclosure such as leopard geckos and young bearded dragons. And on rare occasions you can also allow some species to cohabitate such as aquatic turtles and some tortoises. If you intend to house multiple species together please always be sure to do your research.

When you consider the vast majority of illness in captive tortoises and turtles could be prevented with better husbandry it is evident that many keepers get even the basics wrong. This being the case it should be painfully obvious that keeping two or more different species in the same environment is completely inappropriate. Hello Mary and a very warm welcome to Tortoise Forumto you and Nadine.

Tortoises are solitary animals and dont need friends. Some Russians can be particularly aggressive. Two together is usually a bad idea.