I was wanting to know if there are any other types of tortoises that could go in the same inclosure with my 1 year old red foot tortoise. If anybody knows of any please email me.
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Question about red foot tortoises
Crocker
Jun 14, 2003 07:46 PM
Replies (1)
gabycher
Jun 14, 2003 08:29 PM
Mixing species is always a big no! As you might know there are
viruses, that are completely harmless to one species, but very
pathogenic to others. Thus a perfectly 'healthy' specimen of
one species can make another one very sick.
On top of this concern different species have different needs in
terms of day- and nighttime temps, humidity and nutrition and
the breeding and courtship behaviour is different for the various
species as well. Thus one species can be very stressed and
seriously harmed by the courtship or male combat with a different
species. So no,- don't do it!
The only option, if you really want to, would be a Cherryhead
redfoot. There you would have slightly different optics but
still same species. In that case you would need same sex though,
as they should not interbreed. So you would need to wait until
you can safely sex yours and buy a sexed Cherryhead.
On top,- nobody should go in the same enclosure right away.
Every new animal should be quarantined for 3 - 12 months until
introduced to your established animals.
