Is it okay to house a baby pancake tortoise with an adult

[Washingtonpost77]

Hello. I just wanted to know if it is okay to house a baby pancake with an adult.
Thanks

 

[Yvonne G]

I wouldn't. Too much opportunity for the bigger one to hurt the smaller one - either accidentally or on purpose.

 

[Tom]

And they should not be housed in pairs either. A group of mixed sizes of pancakes will usually work, but I would not do a pair.

A hatchling should be allowed to gain some size before being housed with an adult too. So it depends on what you mean when you say "baby". A three or four inch "baby" would probably be fine in an adult group. A tiny hatchling, not so much.

 

[african cake queen]

My five year old has been living with hatching for a while. Hatchings almost a year old. The five year old bites her mother. She likes its for now, with the babies.

 

[african cake queen]

Ps. I'm lucky my pair get along excellent.

 

[african cake queen]

ihop is yawning . She just turned five and the others almost a year. Ihop would rather be with the babies.