Hi everyone. We found Sheldon, a baby Desert Tortoise, in our garden almost a week ago

[Shortyalex16]

Well in that case, I'd get out there tomorrow and get down on hands and knees and start checking under all the low brush and clumps of grass. Babies hide and they are very good at it. Sulcatas typically lay 20-30 eggs. If it was a first year mom, the clutch may have been smaller. My climate is similar to yours, and my ground hatch rates are usually only about 40-50%. I usually find 10-15 babies from any given clutch when they incubate and hatch "naturally' in the ground. When I incubate them and hatch them myself, hatch rates are 90-100%.

Thank you I will look first thing in the morning!

 

[kazjimmy]

What a lucky little tortoise!!!!!