Tortoises live a long time, but when do they start having kids?

Pretty much what the OP says. How old does a tortoise/turtle/terrapin have to be before before it can have children?

Bob also asks the question “Where do tortoises keep their testicles”?

We have an … interesting marriage. :smiley:

They don’t – it’s goats that have kids. :slight_smile:

Seriously, the giant tortoises (from Aldabra & Galapagos Islands, for example) seem to start breeding once they reach about 1/2 of their full size. Since this would depend on many things in their environment, such as the availability of food, etc., this would tend to vary a fair amount, rather than being a specific age.

Reptiles keep their gonads inside their bodies - the scrotum is a mammalian thing.

What t-bonham said.