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So, he says he kept them in the incubator with wet paper towels and soaked them every few days. How old would you say they are? There’s a definite size difference

I also might add - his collection of tortoises were impressive - healthy, zero pyramiding with nice smooth shells and his oldest one was born in 1978 (older than me, thank you very much) lively, and personable. So I felt good about getting the hatchlings home until I saw their belly buttons.

I’m ashamed that I didn’t inspect them closer - between my 2 year old chasing chickens and this dude showing me around all of his torts and enclosures I got distracted. I do know he was continuing to incubate them.. but here are the photos - this was my first chance to get pics. What are your...

Wow, Tom! I’m flattered you remember me! I was pleasantly surprised to see the same folks here as was a decade ago! I always appreciate your advice, and really appreciate the feedback. I haven’t checked back on the forum since the day I posted this, I got my sullys from this eccentric guy up...

Did you see tomatoes were on the list?!? I would’ve had no idea!

Here’s an interesting article that I found... it’s specific to desert torts https://tortoisegroup.org/plants-poisonous-to-tortoises/

Understood. Sense and logic rules the day again!

My apologies- I thought I had made mention of my sulcata hatchlings, but my 2 year old is in rare form today and is constantly interrupting any iota of complete thought. ?‍♀️

Exactly! It was my oleander that got me thinking about this.. So, in your experience, have you ever known a tort to eat something poisonous- as in, do you believe they have some instinct on what not to eat? The 2 I had in AZ never had this problem, but, the vegetation was also very limited...

So, there’s a LOT of information on what tortoises CAN eat. I’ve prepared - I’ve got mixed grasses, hibiscus, and am currently looking for a good cactus source. Living in Florida, I’m looking around my yard and I see a LOT of possible food sources for my Hatchlings. Does anyone know what they...

That’s pretty cool! I didn’t even know they could crank from the inside! The more ya know.

Did you get the vertical or horizontal ones? I have people ask me all the time about shutters - and I know nothing about them, I’ve only been here 5 years and I’m far enough inland not to need them (as Irma demonstrated to me ?)

Thank you. SO many people just get mad and do whatever the HOA does without really questioning it or understanding it. I only do HOA consulting now, but it’s all focused on education and empowerment.

Happy Cinco de Mayo! I'm getting ready to order our Taco Kit from Tijuana Flats WITH Margaritas!! I haven't been this excited since Thanksgiving.

Ok. That is something to be considered. Because I wouldn’t have ANY control of it does get too hot.

Yep, I’m aware of all of this and am prepared to keep them separate when the time comes. I’m looking for feedback on keeping them in the lenai for the summer - are there any potential issues with keeping hatchlings in an enclosed outdoor space?

I know males can’t be enclosed together; and as hatchlings all females should be fine until they are older. I’m getting all females.

Yes, I know, I’ve already got the ceramic heat lamp because I was planning on keeping them inside, but the humidity with the AC only gets to 50%. Whereas if I kept them outside for the Summer and into the Fall, they’d be moist without my intervention (outside of their daily soaks) and I could...

I was going to have an enclosure for them. I’d have to bring them in sometime in late fal.

So, I was part of this forum about 10 years ago while I was living in Arizona, the advice I received here was AMAZING. I was able to successfully raise two sulcata tortoises from hatchlings until they were about 4 years old. One escaped when the landscapers didn't close our gate. Not too long...