RoseHeart
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This morning I found a baby tortoise in my front garden. It's quite small but definitely a few months old already. Now I currently have a male tortoise who is around 3-4 years old. He has been with me for several years staying in our courtyard garden (it's very spacious, lots of grass and trees). I decided to close off a area within the courtyard for the baby tortoise. However who knew baby tortoises could climb like crazy.... the little guy/girl crawled right over and ended up in the main yard with my other tortoise. My big tortoise basically went CRAZY! He started chasing the baby and the poor baby made these awful squeak noises. I immediately separated them.
So now basically I want to know this. Is there a chance that they will eventually get along or is it best for me to just at this point give the baby away? I do know how to take care of tortoises so it's not like I'm unable to do that but I really want what is best for both of them. If my big tort is going to keep doing this chasing business then I will have to let the baby go. But if there's a chance that with time they'll get along a bit better then I'm willing to to try.
Also NB ... I think the baby might be a different kind. I'm not 100% sure of this but by the looks of it they are not from the same kind. My plan was to raise them together till the baby is a adult and then make some changes either by putting one in a different location (at the back of our house for example) or giving one away.
So now basically I want to know this. Is there a chance that they will eventually get along or is it best for me to just at this point give the baby away? I do know how to take care of tortoises so it's not like I'm unable to do that but I really want what is best for both of them. If my big tort is going to keep doing this chasing business then I will have to let the baby go. But if there's a chance that with time they'll get along a bit better then I'm willing to to try.
Also NB ... I think the baby might be a different kind. I'm not 100% sure of this but by the looks of it they are not from the same kind. My plan was to raise them together till the baby is a adult and then make some changes either by putting one in a different location (at the back of our house for example) or giving one away.