Adding a Mate Marginated

Discussion in 'Tortoises' started by rudy, Oct 2, 2007.

  1. rudy

    rudy Embryo

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    Hi there,

    I just added a 1.5 year old male tort to my 4 year old female. The female will nip at the male and then leave him alone, however I imagine it has somewhat stressed out the male. I was wondering how long I should let this go on, if at all?

    How do you add new mates to established tortoise
     
  2. JEFFREH

    JEFFREH Administrator

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  3. strange_wings

    strange_wings Member

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    Did you have the new tortoise vet checked and kept in quarantine for a couple of months?

    How much space are these two now sharing and is there sight breaks so they can at least think they're avoiding each other?
     
  4. JEFFREH

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  5. rudy

    rudy Embryo

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    No to all, but it came from a store and has been there for over a yeas. I will try the sight breaks.

    Thanks very much
     

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