south australian murry short neck tortoise. better to have 1 or 2?

by jim

well the Australian tortoise if different to rest of the worlds as it lives under water for 4 years then goes on land......but anyway i got one that is about 2-3months old my problem is i dont know if it gets lonely or not. it looks lonely sometimes as it gose up to the reflection on the tank walls. but i hear if u get to tortoise's one will kill the other is this true?
i heard if you have 2 females they wont attack each other is that true???
will 2 males kill each other??
will 1 male and 1 female kill each other???
dose a tortoise need company?
n how can i tell what sex it is?

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Apr 19, 2009

The Lonely Tortoise
by: Shelly

I'm not an expert on Australian tortoises, but I can tell you that other tortoises do not get lonely. They like to live alone. If you do get more than one, you have to be sure you give them enough space to get away from each other.

Curiosity might make a tortoise look at a reflection. So might worry or fear or aggression.

I'm sorry that I don't know more about my down under cousins.

Keep it slow and steady.

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