I was thinking about getting some yellow foots that are around 12" to 14", it would probably be 1 male and 2 or 3 females. Just wondering how they would do in the same outdoor enclosure as a few 15"-16" sulcatas. There is plenty of room for all of them and all are captive bred with no health problems. Would they be ok in the same enclosure or would this be a bad idea?
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Sulcatas & Yellow Foots together??
damesta
Aug 27, 2007 12:02 PM
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PHRatz
Aug 27, 2007 12:07 PM
I see many reasons not to put them together.
One is that they all have different food requirements.
Another is that they don't come from the same region so what is normal flora (germs) for one species isn't normal for the other, in other words one species carries germs that are normal to them and don't cause illness but it could make the other species sick.
One species could become more aggressive than the other & when the sulcatas are larger they can harm the smaller tortoises- even by accident just because of the huge size.
If it were me, I wouldn't do it. 
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PHRatz
JamesBryan
Oct 12, 2007 04:18 PM
I agree 100%. It is tempting to think it won't happen to you. That's what I thought at one time. I learned the very hard way. It hit hard and fast when it happened.
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