Sulcata scared of new friend

[TommyDTort]

i recently added a new baby sully(socks) to the enclosure and my other sully(tommy) seems to be really scared. it runs away or hides in its shell. it doesn't even eat at the same time. it has only been a day that they have been together but is there anything i can do to help them adjust?

 

[kyel3840]

i recently added a new baby sully(socks) to the enclosure and my other sully(tommy) seems to be really scared. it runs away or hides in its shell. it doesn't even eat at the same time. it has only been a day that they have been together but is there anything i can do to help them adjust?

You shouldnt house a pair together. One of them will dominate the other. It's best to keep them seperate or get a third tortoise so the aggression is not directed towards just the one tortoise

 

[TechnoCheese]

He’s not scared of his new “friend”, he’s scared of his new competition. Tortoises are solitary, territorial animals that don’t have a concept of friendship and only see other tortoises as combatants, mates, or both.

Be sure to give these a read, and get them separated-
How To Raise A Healthy Sulcata Or Leopard, Version 2.0 https://tortoiseforum.org/index.php...ealthy-Sulcata-Or-Leopard,-Version-2.0.79895/

For Those Who Have a Young Sulcata... https://tortoiseforum.org/index.php?threads/For-Those-Who-Have-a-Young-Sulcata....76744/

Beginner Mistakes https://tortoiseforum.org/index.php?threads/Beginner-Mistakes.45180/

 

[Tom]

i recently added a new baby sully(socks) to the enclosure and my other sully(tommy) seems to be really scared. it runs away or hides in its shell. it doesn't even eat at the same time. it has only been a day that they have been together but is there anything i can do to help them adjust?

You need to make a second enclosure and put the new one in it ASAP. Tortoises should never be kept in pairs.

 

[wellington]

Ditto to all the advice given. If you did a forum search you would find all kinds of threads stating tortoises should not be kept in pairs. Top of the list is Russian and sulcatas.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Sorry @TommyDTort that you hadn't found out beforehand that tortoise pairs are not good.
But you can make things right before any harm is done.

 

[kazjimmy]

Two baby tortoise will never work. Unless you have a very large enclosure but still it’s really bad idea for two tortoise baby live together. Get a third one would be better.