Keeping tortoises together

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Hi, I was just wandering if you should keep 2 large leopard tortoise with 2 small leopard tortoises because there's this youtuber called johnny tortoise an he does that. I don't think you should do that because they will bully and trample on the little ones.
 

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Anybody can put up a video if they know how. Doesn't mean they have correct knowledge of their subject matter. I would never keep a larger tortoise with a smaller one.
 

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To risky to keep different sizes together. But some people have to learn the hard way.
 

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Leopard tortoises are usually peaceful with each other, but its still a good idea to keep similarly sized tortoises together.
 
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Ok, I just got nebulae for the little baby's in his videos but they seem like they don't have any marks of wounds,thanks.
 

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Ok, I just got nebulae for the little baby's in his videos but they seem like they don't have any marks of wounds,thanks.
I don't think you have to worry about "wounds." What happens is the larger tortoises just bulldoze their way past the smaller ones, knocking them over, maybe upside down. If not righted they could die that way.
 

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