Jacqui said:There may be no problems or there may be big ones, just no way to tell. Mixing them because one is captive and the wild caught, is not a big deal. It's more the behavior issues. Will they both be the same sex? Two females tend to usually get along together the best and then two males. When you mix a male and a female, often the male can turn into a sex maniac and stress the female, or atleast during the main breeding season. However, this does not always happen. Another issue is size differences. For it to work best, they do need to be fairly equal in size. A larger environment with more visual blockers, does help to keep these problems to a minimum. However, as always whenever you have more then one tortoise to an enclosure, you always need to be ready to separate, if problems happen.
StudentoftheReptile said:I would certainly quarantine any new tortoise, especially if it was WC, if only for the possibility of pathogen transference.
CrisT said:well I have wild caught male 5-6 inch he has normal behavior.So i'm thinking of getting a female captive bred not sure if is a good idea though?
Jacqui said:CrisT said:well I have wild caught male 5-6 inch he has normal behavior.So i'm thinking of getting a female captive bred not sure if is a good idea though?
Any way you can get two females? As was mentioned, any time you get a new animal, it is wise to quarantine them for awhile.
Kerryann said:When I put a tortoise statue in my Russians tank she did this weird chicken neck thing a few times and then ran over and bit it.. is that a sign that she is aggressive? I am not planning to get another Russian to live with her but it worries me if I ever did an outdoor enclosure for multiple Russians. Is there any way to tell if they are WC or CB?
I also forgot to mention that she peed in her food bowl that day. I was kind of shocked by her doing that.
CrisT said:StudentoftheReptile said:I would certainly quarantine any new tortoise, especially if it was WC, if only for the possibility of pathogen transference.
So can pathogen be transfer to another?
Probably a territorial thing... it's normal. Joe would probably forget the niceties and just mate with it.Kerryann said:When I put a tortoise statue in my Russians tank she did this weird chicken neck thing a few times and then ran over and bit it.. is that a sign that she is aggressive? I am not planning to get another Russian to live with her but it worries me if I ever did an outdoor enclosure for multiple Russians. Is there any way to tell if they are WC or CB?
That's normal too!Kerryann said:I also forgot to mention that she peed in her food bowl that day. I was kind of shocked by her doing that.
StudentoftheReptile said:I would certainly quarantine any new tortoise, especially if it was WC, if only for the possibility of pathogen transference.