Little and big tortoises

[MaddieGA]

I have two tortoises one is a Russian, and the other is about a six month old hermanns tortoise. I was feeding them both but about 3ft apart and all of the sudden my baby started walking off his plate.Then, Henry my Russian, started following him. He would walk right past the baby and do no harm though. But instead of the baby being scared, Henry was. Why would my Russian tort be scared of my baby Hermanns tort?

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi Maddie:

It's really not a good idea to have two different species of tortoise living in the same habitat...especially if one of them is a Russian. Russian tortoises are very aggressive and she might harm your Hermann's tortoise.

 

[Jlant85]

Agreed... specially if one is male.... they tend to be very territorial...

 

[MaddieGA]

They aren't together but this was when I was feeding them. Thanks you for the help though!