OMG awesome!! Ok, I'm not home but will do it by tomorrow. Thanks so much!!if you post a pic of the tails of the torts from the underside of them, i can tell you the genders.
new Tort owner - intro and questions!
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If your talking about bulling brother and sister don't matter , it starts with looks then goes to the water dish and then the food dish and then meaner . Torts are loaners they don't like being in pairs but get a nother tort they do well in trios
If your talking about bulling brother and sister don't matter , it starts with looks then goes to the water dish and then the food dish and then meaner . Torts are loaners they don't like being in pairs but get a nother tort they do well in trios
Yes. Very informative!! I need to make a lot of changes, the substrate etc... Once I get it all together will post another pic. Doing most changes over the weekend.
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this should help you sex the torts
that is true, but we still don't know the genders of the torts. they could be both males and if you got a female the male could harass her to death.
female
male
I don't think I'm ready for a third just yet! I need to get the hang of two for now. I will have to separate them. The salesperson also couldn't tell me how old they were but they are small so assuming babies especially since they are pretty cool with each other now. As I was reading they don't really fight as much as babies but its when they get older and then BAM! My second enclosure will be more like a huge storage bin. I've already spent a fortune - more than my little Sunday trip to the petstore intention. Each tort was $100 each. Is that a normal price?
Uh oh. I may have two males! Will have to check when I get home tonite.
Wow. I def saw a curved one on the larger one. But then that would be a mature male and its still small. OK, will take photos tonite!
The size sometimes doesn't match their age sadly because their conditions will not allow them to grow properly at the pet stores.
Unless you know for sure that they just got them, I guess.
I got miss informed too but mine is Sulcata ( which was a baby when I got it and kept record of improvement. My point on this is that healthy life does matter in size.
Hopefully, things work wonderful for you guys!
Unless you know for sure that they just got them, I guess.
I got miss informed too but mine is Sulcata ( which was a baby when I got it and kept record of improvement. My point on this is that healthy life does matter in size.
Hopefully, things work wonderful for you guys!
Russian tortoises are a small species. From your picture in the first post I'd say yours are 8 or 10 years old. Not babies.
Welcome. Russians are fantastic torts. I love my red foots but my Russians are my favorites
I think they do better in trios if it's one male and two females. Two males and a female would be disastrous in my opinion.
I think your son has the right idea, just build to enclosures. If the outdoor enclosure is big enough in other words very large they can stay in one outdoor enclosure if it has lots of site barriers and hides. But like you said you have time to figure that out.
Attached are the photos of Daisy and Perry. Looks like I have two mature males according to Grandpa Turtles chart! Wow...Daisy is a dude!
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yea thats a male
have you made there new enclosures yet?
have you soaked your torts yet?
