Personally, I think mixing them is high risk. Tortoises seem to have little consciousness about size, and don't seem to care what is in their way. It is quite likely that your big one will damage the little hatchling when competing for food, or just trample it, or flip it over by accident and then lay upon it,or something equally silly and preventible. I have seen Chelonians seriously damage others when feeding, in one case a big one caved in the skull of the smaller when competing for food... I would make separate pens, and have a pen for hatchling/juveniles and another pen for larger adults. You might also find the smaller one intimidated by the larger, and not able to behave normal, always stressed etc. If you made a really large enclosure and designed it cleverly, you might get away with it, but the risk is always there. Many keepers frown upon mixing species as well. Good luck, vic

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