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It suppresses sexual expression.
Two Indian Star tortoises kept together since they were babies were at about a third to half grown. The "female" was a bit smaller and more pyramided, but not grossly so for say a leopard tortoise, so certainly not an Indian Star they were within a millimeters of size of each other. I separated them and grew them up for about (?) three years. The bigger, definitely male tortoise was sold and lives a happy life with some females. The smaller female, as it grew turned into a male. So, I was not looking at crappy photos on-line, I had the live animals to inspect. The slightly smaller one, the 'female' came into its own at a smaller size, and reveled itself to the world as a male. It too is now with females making more Indian Star tortoises.
Same basic thing with some Pyxis planicauda, the flat tail spider tortoise, only it has taken about five years for the revel. Much damn annoyance with that, I now have five mature male P. planicauda.
Don't grow them up or keep them in pairs. You are retarding sexual expression.
Two Indian Star tortoises kept together since they were babies were at about a third to half grown. The "female" was a bit smaller and more pyramided, but not grossly so for say a leopard tortoise, so certainly not an Indian Star they were within a millimeters of size of each other. I separated them and grew them up for about (?) three years. The bigger, definitely male tortoise was sold and lives a happy life with some females. The smaller female, as it grew turned into a male. So, I was not looking at crappy photos on-line, I had the live animals to inspect. The slightly smaller one, the 'female' came into its own at a smaller size, and reveled itself to the world as a male. It too is now with females making more Indian Star tortoises.
Same basic thing with some Pyxis planicauda, the flat tail spider tortoise, only it has taken about five years for the revel. Much damn annoyance with that, I now have five mature male P. planicauda.
Don't grow them up or keep them in pairs. You are retarding sexual expression.