Tortoises live happy on there own or with a friend. Need to make sure the sex of them first. You cant put a male and female together. Need to have two females or two males. Then you may need to split them if they start to fight. This can happen. If you put one male and one female together then the male wont leave female alone so this is not fair on the female.

Its personal choice if you hibernate you tort or not. If they do hibernate in the wild then you can do it, or over winter them. I know lots of people that do both. None cane be proven as "the best" option for the tort. Its up to you if you feel your able to do it and if you want/need to.

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