Multi-tortoise Care

[PepperJack]

This may sound strange, but I have a healthy cherry head tortoise hatchling (about 4 or 5 months old) and am wanting to get another tortoise of a DIFFERENT BREED. I wanted to know about placing two breeds I'm the same enclosure. The next tortoise I want is the Geochelone pardalis babcocki (Leopard Tortoise). Feedback please.

 

[wellington]

Never should be done. Different care sheets, diets, and diseases, pathogens, etc, etc.

 

[Josh]

FYI - The "Help and Feedback" subforum is for off-topic questions relating to the use of TFO - not for questions about tortoise care.

 

[tortoisetime565]

Do. Not. Mix. Species.

There are numerous threads on the mixing topic.

 

[Levi the Leopard]

Simply put...Please house your next species (not breed) separately.
It's a win win all around. The Redfoot is happy, the Leopard would be happy and you'll be happy having 2

If you want more detailed reasons for housing them separately, a little reading and you'll be overwhelmed with the info.

 

[Yvonne G]

We have talked about this an awful lot. If you put "mixing species" in the search box, you can read the many threads and differing opinions on this subject.