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Can I own another Russian tortoise
JJ_BOY said:I hav two of different genders and they don't have any problems
It is no longer working. I have to subdivide the habitat now.I rescued a little male RT, then I rescued an adult female RT. When they recovered from their near starvation, it became clear that I had to either separate them, rehome one, or get more females. So I couldn't say no when I was offered two huge old females, could I? It's working out well.
Ouch. What happened? (well, bullying, but after how long?)It is no longer working. I have to subdivide the habitat now.
Wow, that got really serious for them! I'm sorry about your girls and your mother Gosh, male torts are so mean! Do you know if she died from the harassment? I hope Olga gets better!Relentless sexual harassment after several years. The oldest biggest female doesn't want to come out to bask or eat. Even when I remove the male, she only eats a little, basks a short while, then returns to her cave.
The smallest female is fine. She's the one I originally wanted to protect by getting more females. He doesn't pester her much at all.
The middle old female was the target of bullying before. She died this summer just after my mother died. That, and returning indoors, changed the dynamics.
I'm not sure if Olga needs to live alone or Vanya does. I may have to try it both ways.
It is no longer working. I have to subdivide the habitat now.
I'm sorry I guess this really shows how mean some RTs areShe did a very slow fade. She was always the odd one out, having to be found and fed. I should not have had her living with her big sister at all, even tho' I adopted them together. The size difference should have been a clue.
I did an unusual amount of traveling this summer, and that can't have helped. My tortoise sitter was a newbie. Then I had to go to mom's bedside, arrange the funeral, all that. I hope that if I hadn't been so distracted that I would have brought her indoors away from the group. She was clearly not all right the day before she died, but I had an endless flow of people trying to console me and did not get outside to check them before bed.
Still beating myself up over it. Considering rehoming the RTs...