Yes, your baby was born in California, and you're raising it in California, however, the sulcata tortoise has EVOLVED to live in warm humid conditions as a baby. They hatch during the monsoon season, it's hot, wet and lots of greenery. Just because your sulata was hatched in California that doesn't negate all the years and years of evolution that caused the tortoise to be like it is, and that means, the babies need to be raised in monsoon-like conditions. Anyone who tells you differently is old school and shouldn't be listened to.
