Should you keep tortoises in pairs

1 keeping tortoises of the same species as pairs. Graeca four T.

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.

Should you keep tortoises in pairs. 1 keeping tortoises of the same species as pairs. Generally a bad idea but Id still like to see more scientific based data to back up the passionate claims. 2 keeping separate species together.

Never a good idea to mix species. Opens the door to spread of diseases and other issues. In pairs there is always a dominant and a subordinate and both tortoises are immensely stressed.

One tortoise is always being bullied and the other is constantly trying to get the other out of its territory. In groups they are able to have a pecking order and the aggression is spread out. First you should only keep tortoises of the same species together so that they do not infect each other with foreign parasites.

You should also avoid combining tortoises of very different sizes in order to prevent dangerous confrontations between them. And you need to be careful to keep. Even if your ratio of males and females is correct your tortoises will still quite literally be living on top of one another if their enclosure is too small.

The absolute minimum space requirement for a single tortoise is 4 foot by 2 foot or 12 metres by 06 metres. They eat for about an hour before returning to the house. Tortoises can be kept outdoors approximately from April to the end of October.

The tortoise house must be relatively large. It should be made of wood and have no floor to enable the tortoise to thermoregulate its own body temperature via burying itself. I have been keeping tortoises since 1990 and started out as many people do with a pair of Testudo graeca hatchlings.

My collection has grown over the years and currently I have 18 tortoises. Graeca four T. Horsfieldi one Terrapene carolina Florida box tortoise three Geochelone sulcata and three Geochelone pardalis leopard tortoises although I neither buy nor sell nor do I breed from my.

Whilst more than one tortoise of the same species can be kept together although there are a few caveats to this which Ill cover below the same cannot be said for keeping different species together. You should not mix tortoise species in captivity for several reasons. There is the risk of one specimen attacking another particularly if there is considerable difference in size.

And infections that are silently. Keeping two together - posted in Hermann Tortoise. Hi guysHaving such a good time with my current Hermanns only 2 years old at the moment I was thinking or purchasing another.

I keep him in a 4ft long vivarium so he has plenty of room. What I was wondering is would it be ok if I were to purchase another Hermanns or do they get aggressive when kept togetherCan you keep two. IF you decide you want more than 1 tortoise please avoid keeping 2 males together or 1 male and 1 female.

Either 3 females with LOTS of space or 1 male and 3 females might work. But even then you may find yourself needing a degree in tortoise diplomatics. If you have an indoor terrarium you should only have one.

If you want to keep multiple Russian Tortoises then read the following tips. First dont keep just one male and one female. If you want male tortoises they need to live with at least three females in a terrarium thats several feet long and with outside access.

The truth is you should never ever house two or more chameleons together. Its understandable that your instinct is to assume your pet would be unhappy all by itself in the terrarium but chameleons have demonstrated over and over again that they much prefer living alone. People kept tortoise despite being aware that owning a tortoise is illegal under Madagascar and international law.

This may suggest that enforcement is limited. Recently I came to visit a friend who just move to a new house. In his garden 2 tortoises they belongs to his home owner a government official who should be enforcing the law.

You want to keep your tortoise nice and warm and to keep it from overheating as well. Ideally you should make a hut for your creature which will be where the tortoise sleeps and weathers the climates. You can make it out of wood and cover it with a few inches of soil as well as a heating element for the cold weather if needed.

My Russian tortoise is kept in an terrarium and let out once a week for exercise. It is perfectly ok to keep a tortoise in a tank or terrarium if it is an adequate size. You do not have to have an enclosure outside to have a healthy tortoise.

As long as you. Any tortoise can live indoors or outdoors. The smaller species will be easier to maintain indoors but no tortoise is better than any other in regards to living indoors or out.

Its always better to keep any tortoise outdoors whenever possible but this is not always possible due to cold weather. Tortoises shouldnt roam around the house. They could get injured lost too cold or too hot fall or get stuck and be attacked.

A tortoise roaming around the house might also spread disease. Even when supervised around your home you will often have to handle the tortoise pick her up to put her back safely within a supervised area. This can be stressful to your tort.

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.