Ive got 3 Hermans tortioses from 5-6" in a 60x30x30 cage and i as wondering if i could keep my large male (about 11") Leopard tortiose with them? I don't think taht it would work but what do you think?
Mixing leopard and Hermans
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Ok they are currently seperate i was just wondering as it would save me some room.Vicious_Fish;1253644; said:
havent we discussed this before bogs...dont mix any tortoise species unless you plan on mixing redfoots and yellowfoots other then those dont do it
Just wondering... in zoological institutions they mix torts all the time (I know these places mix lots of things you wouldn't necessarily do as a hobbyist). However, I have seen up to 5 different species put together... some I remember are leopards, red foots, african spur thighed. Any comments on this?
davo;1254646; said:
I think it's been mentioned before, that places like zoo's can afford to do this because people pay to see there animals and if one dies they just replace it with another. I'm not saying you can't have success mixing species, it's just something that the average person can't afford to do usually. Plus the animals you've mentioned are from all different places around the world. They all have different gut bacteria, and what may make one species sick could be deadly to another.
Now I have mixed certain species of native turtles before but only in large enclosures. I've kept Eastern Box Turtles and Wood Turtles together in the same pen, Gulf Coast and Three-toed Box turtles together, Stinkpots and Eastern Painted turtles in the same pond, Mid-land Painted Turtles and Eastern Mud Turtles in the same pond. But all these animals are native and there ranges overlap so they have contact with each other in the wild.
I did think on the one occasion it was odd to have so many from different areas of the world. Space was not necessarily an issue in this case, probably the amount you would expect to give them using common sense, nothing you couldn't do in a garden/backyard if you had one. I'm sure all animals are quarentined for a period first in relation to disease and may be treated for certain things. Like I said just a thought.