Hatchlings

[pepsiandjac]

Every morning when i go down the tortoise shed I take BENNY B ( a 6 month old Tunisian spur thigh) down and put him in the table with his mother and father for half hour or so,
Well this morning I forgot to bring him back up,i finally rememered when i was standing in supermarket queue,frantically rushed home expecting some calamity to find them all sitting under basking lamp.
The father who I thought might be nasty to him was fine
Do the parents know that is their baby and at what age will Benny be able to live in there permanently

 

[Yvonne G]

No. the parents don't have any claim or attachment at all to their offspring. The female digs a hole, deposits the eggs, buries it and leave it, never giving it another thought. You just lucked out that they left him alone. I wouldn't put a baby with adults until he's at least halfway grown.

 

[pepsiandjac]

No. the parents don't have any claim or attachment at all to their offspring. The female digs a hole, deposits the eggs, buries it and leave it, never giving it another thought. You just lucked out that they left him alone. I wouldn't put a baby with adults until he's at least halfway grown.

thankyou,Yvonne

 

[Kleinmann_Fan]

I think you were lucky to find him safe to be honest.
I'm always very wary of mixing tortoises with a considerable size difference, especially considering the damage juveniles can do to smaller siblings, let alone adults.

John