Thanks for the comment. I am aware they will need separating and am in the process of coming up with a viable solution to do this. In terms of being dominate/submissive, I genuinely feel the smaller one is dominant (not to give excuses just a genuine observation).
In terms of being kept in pairs...
I have thought of this and kept a close eye on it. The smaller mostly eats first allowing the larger to go in when it is don- I also have two locations for food to accommodate if one is blocking the food. I have added an additional heat source (not a basking lamp however) so both are kept warm...
I have two Herman tortoises both hatched in the same year (2015) however one is massively bigger than the other (see pic).
Tortoise 1 is 387g, 12.4cm carpice
Tortoise 2 is 177g, 9.4cm carpice
According the Jackson ratio they are both healthy and they are both certainly happy. They’ve had a vet...
I have a one/two year old Hermann tortoise and I wondered if anyone could suggest its sex? I know it is not going to be 100% until it is much older but as I don't know much about sexing them, I thought I would ask the experts!