Mating...

[beccayauyau]

I have a two year old russian tort called Toto! I recently took her over to a cousins house (he has a tort too-male) and we put the two torts together. They seemed to get on really well!! But about an hour later, my cousin's male tort started to try and get on top of her all the time and he wouldn't stop! What does this mean?

Also i would like to know how old they have to be to start mating?

Thank you!!

 

[jeffbens0n]

With most tortoises breeding is more about size than age. With Russians generally the males are ready at 5 inches with females ready at 6 inches. At two years old i'm guessing your tortoise is not quite 5 inches yet. How big is your cousins Russian?

 

[beccayauyau]

My cousins tortoise is 2 years of age too! His tortoise is a teeny bit bigger but there isnt much difference

thank you

 

[bllauben]

It might be a territory thing. You introduced your tort into your cousin's enclosure. Your cousin's tort might be showing your tort who the big boss is. Both tortoises sound too small to mate.
--Beth

 

[dmmj]

at 2 they are more than likely to small to mate. I doubt they are sexually mature yet at that age.