hello everyone , im new to this site ,i have 2 spur thighs and was told they were a boy and girl, i just wanted to know whether girl tortoises ever do the butting,biting and mounting as my (girl) has started to do this or do you think she is a he ?
emysemys said:Hi netc:
Welcome to the Tortoise Forum!!
Without seeing your tortoises' picture, all we would be doing is guessing. Besides the male/female breeding thing, the antics you've described can be aggression and bullying between same or opposite sexes.
What would you like us to call you?
...and may we know appx. where in the world you are?
netc said:hi my name is net , and i live in hampshire uk thanks for your replies , i am going to try and post some pictures tonight , the tortoises sleep in a tortoise table at night and get on fine , its only been the last couple of days when they have been in their outside run that the he/she has started doing this , it says on the paper work they were hatched in 2009 they have been together since we got them in august 2011
JoesMum said:netc said:hi my name is net , and i live in hampshire uk thanks for your replies , i am going to try and post some pictures tonight , the tortoises sleep in a tortoise table at night and get on fine , its only been the last couple of days when they have been in their outside run that the he/she has started doing this , it says on the paper work they were hatched in 2009 they have been together since we got them in august 2011
At just 3 years old, they are too young to sex with any accuracy. They can be sexed from about 5-10 years. They can 'be bred to be' a particular gender by controlling incubation temperatures, but it is an inexact science. You have a pair of tortoises of uncertain gender until they are older.
I refer you to my earlier answer regarding separation. What you are seeing is two tortoises growing up and trying to establish dominance. The loser may not come off well out of this if you leave them together.
helloclare n said:Hello also from the uk
emysemys said:I'm not an expert on the Greek tortoises, but they both look male to me.