Thank you Yvonne, I think it will require adult females.Yeah, looks male to me.
Is the fighting just recent ? They could be fighting and females could show dominant behavior. Is your enclosure big enoughLonger and thinner towards the tip and therfore fatter and shorter for female? Do you have any idea about the biting that i am experiencing? Odd that two males would literally fight, i was wondering whether agravid female would try to drive off a persistent male,? So little info around. Thanks for the answer., anyway.
Very interesting behavior. Possibly 2 males? I have never had this type of behavior from my MT tortoises. Maybe someone else will have insightFighting is recent. It hasn't happened since. They have been in the same pen for 20 years, since they were tiny. One is male for sure. Their pen consists of a 6m x 4m glasshouse, with access to a 40m x 10m area with two ponds, so space is not a problem! I do think that the male's tail does look to be thinner than the one i think is female. There was lots of vocalising, head bobbing, biting and farting involved when they squared up to each other. Trashed a 2m x 2m area of vegetation. As i say, all quiet since. They are currently sitting together in vegetation near one of the ponds.
Very interesting behavior. Possibly 2 males? I have never had this type of behavior from my MT tortoises. Maybe someone else will have insight