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It's not a great picture. The spikes do stick out, but it moved it's leg right as I hit the shutter button.In my non-expert opinion, that appears to be a hatchling gopher tortoise. That's what they look like when they're little, although they grow up very differently.
Sulcatas have spikey looking things on their legs. Gopher tortoise hatching looks more like scales on it's legs.
That is a young sulcata.Hi, my little sisters friend found this hatchling tortoise and thought it was a gopher tortoise. Just confirming that it's a sulcata. Looks like one to me based off the scute pattern and spikes on the front legs.
Thanks!
That's what I thought! Thank you for confirming. All I can guess is someone in the area had a breeding pair that they either let the eggs incubate in the ground (I'm in southeast Georgia) and missed one when they hatched or had the clutch outside and one got away. They don't sell them this tiny here. You can still see where the yolk sac was. But the umbilical area is closed.Thats a young sulcata.
The baby is in our care now. Soaked as soon as we got it home and in a temporary set up until I can get a better one figured out since it wasn't a planned thing. Humidity is sitting at just under 60% by the hide. Baking side is just under 90 and cool side is around 80. Also has a UV bulb. I'd like it higher, but currently working with an aquarium with a screen lid.That is a young sulcata.
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Most people do not understand that they need to be soaked daily and kept warm and humid day and night.
People sell them that tiny everywhere. Breeders want to move them out ASAP.That's what I thought! Thank you for confirming. All I can guess is someone in the area had a breeding pair that they either let the eggs incubate in the ground (I'm in southeast Georgia) and missed one when they hatched or had the clutch outside and one got away. They don't sell them this tiny here. You can still see where the yolk sac was. But the umbilical area is closed.
Thank you!@omgdoubletacos congratulations on your new baby! He sure was a lucky little guy that he ended up with you. He likely didn't have much chance of survival on his own.
I don't even think many of the hatchling gophers here make it, as the birds of prey are much more plentiful. We used to see lots of gopher tortoises on our property years ago, but not so many in the past few years.
They make more than a dozen types of Reptisun. Is it a long tube or a cfl? 5.0 or 10.0? T5 HO or a T8?It's a reptisun florescent