HELLO GUYS.X

just thought i ask for some advice...

i have 3 male spur thighs all in one big 6ft torts table and they all been living together since the day i got them,im not sure on there age to be honset but one is slightly smaller then the other two anyway,this year for the 1st time the little one well his not so little now bless him is ramming the tortoise from behind and then trying to mate with  it.... (only one of them not the other though) his been doing it for awhile now and i dont know why as there all male is my tort gay,haha they dont fight at all or theres no biting going on just ramming him from behing and mateing...

why is this???

what shall i do???

shall i spilt the little tort up frpm the others???

as the shell is slightly chipping from him ramming him and mating???

what do you all think advice will be great more help the better.x

thankyou.xxx

ps... sorry how can we tell the age of torts???

Is he trying to tell the others he is "Top Tort" !!! lol

Hi,

If you have 3 males together then you will see this type of behaviour. Are they definately all males? If so then you will have to think about separating them especially if one of their shells is starting to chip? Males can be very aggressive towards each and will certainly try and mount another male. I keep 3 adult male iberas together and they do have the odd spat but generally get on well, i only keep them together when they are outside where they have plenty of space to roam and escape any bullying that may occur, indoors i always keep them apart.

Ali 

hiya, thankyou for your advice...

i did think i should spilt the little one harry up from the other two as he is the one who is doing it, i have a 6ft x 5ft torts table for them so plenty of room for them i also can make another torts table for him as i think its not fair yes there deferently or males and adults aswell. i just thought they only do this when there is another female around which there is not, but what i cant understnad is he is only doing to one tortoise not the other and he dont fight back at all he just takes it and lets it mate with it but i know 100% there all males. i know this sounds a silly question but if i spilt it up from the other two will he get lonely and be sad ??? as i always had them together since the day i got them its only this year he started doing this...i think its because he has hit that age.

thanks

 lol... i think so aswell its always the smaller ones who are more aggessive,haha

Hi,

No he will not get lonely and sad. They will do this whether or not there is a female present, you may find this calms down but they will always try and mate each other, mine tend to be more rampant straight after wake up but then calm down.

Ali

 thankyou so much for helping me,im going to do that then hope for the best.x

kind regards.x

Hi

I have 3 male iberas torts living together who are 5yrs. They also have the ocasional spat but generally live very happily together!! However there is lots of mating and each of them trying to show they are the better male lol !!! I do the same as ali though and keep the seperate if they are not outside in the garden.  When they are together in a smaller space they get very aggressive towards each other.  

Jen