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Hi there,
Please help me. I have two hermann tortoises 12 and 13 years old and have had them from 1 year olds.
The 12 year old is I believe somewhat of a dwarf and is considerably smaller than the larger one.
I have always thought they were both female as I’ve never seen a penis and have always gotten along and are very placid. Short fat tails etc.
This time last year the smaller one became very aggressive towards the larger chasing her around, biting and constant humping (again no penis) even with sex noises lol. The larger hermann does not seem bothered one bit and never retaliates despite the leg and neck biting. The only difference was what looked a swollen tail on the small tort with came to nothing.
It passed and today the same thing has happened again only even more aggressive. I’ve ended up separating them both.
is it a territory thing? If so why all of a sudden and in intervals? I would assume it would be the bigger tort attacking the smaller one.
any help on the subject would be much appreciated as I do not want to keep separated or give one up but I will not tolerate the violence.
thankyou
Please help me. I have two hermann tortoises 12 and 13 years old and have had them from 1 year olds.
The 12 year old is I believe somewhat of a dwarf and is considerably smaller than the larger one.
I have always thought they were both female as I’ve never seen a penis and have always gotten along and are very placid. Short fat tails etc.
This time last year the smaller one became very aggressive towards the larger chasing her around, biting and constant humping (again no penis) even with sex noises lol. The larger hermann does not seem bothered one bit and never retaliates despite the leg and neck biting. The only difference was what looked a swollen tail on the small tort with came to nothing.
It passed and today the same thing has happened again only even more aggressive. I’ve ended up separating them both.
is it a territory thing? If so why all of a sudden and in intervals? I would assume it would be the bigger tort attacking the smaller one.
any help on the subject would be much appreciated as I do not want to keep separated or give one up but I will not tolerate the violence.
thankyou