Hi what would make a good group of tortoises 1 male 3 females 1 male to 1 female?thanks

Always more females than males. This way its less stressful for the females, when the male is always at it
So three females to one male.

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I have 1 male and 4 females - it works really well as the male can be a pest at times !!!

As others have said, 1 male to several females is best, stops the male from pestering a lone female.

This is assuming you want to breed them, if not then either just have 1 or a group of females (you may get fighting if you had a group of males).

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Diapherodes gigantea; Extatosoma tiaratum
Princisia vanwerebeki; Elliptorhina chopardi
Elliptorhina javanica; Liochele australasie
Pandinus Imperator
African Grass Mice (Lemniscomys sp.)
Geochelone pardalis

Have you decided on a species of tortoise yet?

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1.4.0 Leopard tortoises
1.0.0 APH

was thinking of indian stars but have not decided for sure

Not an easy choice for a beginner

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a group of indian stars woudld be nice best of luck

I agree they would be nice, but not easy tortoises to get right if you have no experience

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why is it such a misconseption that indians are a hard tort to keep. i already have a pair and there fine no problems with them. can anyone explain why there so hard? for what reason? or is it just word of mouth?