seperate breeds?

[dyager]

The tortoises, sulcatas. leopard, and aldabra that I inherited were all raised together in a small pen, in fact there were maybe 20 or more in one enclosure. They seemed to get along and the ones i ahve are back together on one area. I haven't seen anyone bullying the others yet. Do I need to seperate them out or just wait and see if there are any issues? Right now they all sleep in one house and seem ok with one another.

[Tom]

Each species should be housed separately. They will each need a large enclosure with a temperature controlled night house.

And you will probably need to separate your incoming sulcatas too. A mature male will usually harass a female to no end when kept as a pair. In order to keep more than one in an enclosure, you usually need at least two females and just one male in a very large enclosure.

Good thing you've got lots of space.

[ALDABRAMAN]

Pictures!

[GeoTerraTestudo]

There are no tortoise breeds. All tortoises are naturally occurring species and subspecies.

As Tom said, all three species should be housed separately. This is partly to prevent fighting, partly to prevent possible hybridization, and partly to prevent diseases from spreading among different species.

[Terry Allan Hall]

2nding all the above posts...

Seriously, keeping them together will lead to heartbreak down the line.

[kathyth]

Agree with the above!

[dyager]

(09-30-2012 07:45 AM)Tom Wrote:  Each species should be housed separately. They will each need a large enclosure with a temperature controlled night house.

And you will probably need to separate your incoming sulcatas too. A mature male will usually harass a female to no end when kept as a pair. In order to keep more than one in an enclosure, you usually need at least two females and just one male in a very large enclosure.

Good thing you've got lots of space.

Sounds like I will be runnig out of space if I keep bringing them home, ha ha ha

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The one eating is the boy sulcata, and the pic of three shows a male leopard, female sulcata and female aldabra. I don't have the two big sulcatas yet, but should be in the next couple days.

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(09-30-2012 07:48 AM)ALDABRAMAN Wrote:  Pictures!

NOt real good at posting! Ha ha but I atached a couple pics in a reply to a poster somewhere on this thread.

[Terry Allan Hall]

Invest in landscaping timbers...easy to make enclosures out of FAST.

[leonardo the tmnt]

Tom Wrote:Each species should be housed separately. They will each need a large enclosure with a temperature controlled night house.

And you will probably need to separate your incoming sulcatas too. A mature male will usually harass a female to no end when kept as a pair. In order to keep more than one in an enclosure, you usually need at least two females and just one male in a very large enclosure.

Good thing you've got lots of space.

Agreed

[Jacqui]

(09-30-2012 10:14 AM)dyager Wrote:  Sounds like I will be runnig out of space if I keep bringing them home, ha ha ha

After the two sulcata, will you be bringing more home?

[dyager]

(09-30-2012 04:02 PM)Jacqui Wrote:  

(09-30-2012 10:14 AM)dyager Wrote:  Sounds like I will be runnig out of space if I keep bringing them home, ha ha ha

After the two sulcata, will you be bringing more home?

No, after the two big ones coming that should be it. There are 10-15 still on the property where i got these, and the bank now owns everything, so not sure what the intent is for the rest, but will keep my doors open in the event they need a home