Well, my Buddy has not seen another tort in 20 years. I am his third owner, he grew up with little dogs and tries to get close to the other little dogs.
He was owned by 2 other women that didn't know what kind of tort her was. I'm amazed he survived his first 10 years with his first owner. Then he lived 5 years with second owner. I've had him 1.5 years, hooked up with 3 awesome veterinarians, Houston Zoo head vet, Joe Flanagan is my mentor in tortoise care. Anyway... Buddy does fine without his kind around and is bonded to humans.. He follows me around and leans his body next to me constantly.
Thank you for the input Mini.
I understand that he's doing fine without other tortoises, but I find it interesting that you note how he seeks companionship of some sort with little dogs and with you. Perhaps they DO "like" companionship and your single tortoise is just substituting other animals.
Very interesting...