Hello TF friends, I have yet another question!! I got my baby Raymond a redfoot back in October who was born around Sep/October and a few weeks ago I got yet another baby tortoise from Vicki of the tortoise yard who was born in December.
Both torts are the same size (despite age), Ray has a clear bill of health and Lizzy from Vicki has been iso'd and who also has a clean bill of health.
I was told it is ok to house 2 redfoots together since they are social species and enjoy a companion and it's always good to keep 2 redfoots together.
Though I have red some much conflicting information...
I hear they can kill each other, bite out eyes, legs, flipping, etc, but then I hear they will be fine with each other.
I don't want 2 tortoise pens, I'd rather either have ray and liz or just ray. I know this sounds mean but when I purchased Liz I thought it was a good idea and so many people have multiple redfoots I thought why not but now I'm terrified...
I was told to slowly introduce them which I have and they could care less about each other, they will follow each other around when out of the bins but I have kept them separate and I really don't want 2 tortoise bins to clean and all of that.
What do I do? Am I taking a risk keeping them together? I don't want to risk anything happening to either tort, Raymond is my heart and soul and I don't want him injured and I don't want Lizzy injured. I want to keep them together but I work all day long and can't watch them.
All they do is sleep so I thought this would be good and just to feed them separate.
I don't know what to do, I don't want the torts to flip each other, kill each other, bite off eyes or legs or toes, I don't know if I should find Liz a home or just keep Ray or what. I'm to nervous to put them together but how do so many other people keep them together with no issues? How common are issues?
Are they ok as babies to be together? I know I can have problems when they mature depending on what sex they turn out to be?? UGH! HELP!
PICTURE (L Ray R is Lizzy)
Both torts are the same size (despite age), Ray has a clear bill of health and Lizzy from Vicki has been iso'd and who also has a clean bill of health.
I was told it is ok to house 2 redfoots together since they are social species and enjoy a companion and it's always good to keep 2 redfoots together.
Though I have red some much conflicting information...
I hear they can kill each other, bite out eyes, legs, flipping, etc, but then I hear they will be fine with each other.
I don't want 2 tortoise pens, I'd rather either have ray and liz or just ray. I know this sounds mean but when I purchased Liz I thought it was a good idea and so many people have multiple redfoots I thought why not but now I'm terrified...
I was told to slowly introduce them which I have and they could care less about each other, they will follow each other around when out of the bins but I have kept them separate and I really don't want 2 tortoise bins to clean and all of that.
What do I do? Am I taking a risk keeping them together? I don't want to risk anything happening to either tort, Raymond is my heart and soul and I don't want him injured and I don't want Lizzy injured. I want to keep them together but I work all day long and can't watch them.
All they do is sleep so I thought this would be good and just to feed them separate.
I don't know what to do, I don't want the torts to flip each other, kill each other, bite off eyes or legs or toes, I don't know if I should find Liz a home or just keep Ray or what. I'm to nervous to put them together but how do so many other people keep them together with no issues? How common are issues?
Are they ok as babies to be together? I know I can have problems when they mature depending on what sex they turn out to be?? UGH! HELP!
PICTURE (L Ray R is Lizzy)