>>I would strongly recommend against mixing the new hatchlings with the older individuals.



Almost every breeder I've met told me the same thing, not to mix my hatchling desert in with any of my adults or my juvi eastern. I also never mix hatchling and adult Russian tortoises, because I lost a hatchling that way. The only ones I mix no matter the age (not that I would put hatchlings or juvis with adults) are sulcatas. I bought about 2 dozen hatchling sulcatas last January and sold them for $100 each. By June, I sold all but the last two or three, and was given a 6-inch sulcata and threw it in the tank with them, and they did fine.
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Cliff



My Collection:

0.1 Florida Box Turtle

2.2 Eastern Box Turtles

1.1 Ornate Box Turtle

0.0.1 Desert Ornate Box Turtle

1.1.1 Redfoot Tortoises

2.1 Russian Tortoises

1.0.1 African Sulcata Tortoises

1.0 Burmese Python

0.1 Virginia Opossum

1.0 German Boxer

1.0 Pit Bull

1.1 Chihuahuas

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