Nice cute tortoise, looks like a marginated tortoise...it's just my wild guess..

it looks like a herman tortoise if not wrong....

Mr Docter>> Does it open its mouth when you try to touch his nose or something? Btw how do you know it's a "he"? Shopkeeper told you...? Any traits to "read" their gender?

I have 1 terrapin currently XD Got it as my bday gift 15 years ago! So yup, she's 15 years old now...! I used to have 2, 1 male and 1 female but after about 8 years, the male 'ran away' from home. It's 'coz we usually let our terrapins go out and in of their "pool" freely (it's pretty low, they can climb out & back in on their own; especially in the morning where they know it's feeding time they'll go back inside the water). When they climb out of their water, they usually explore the house - living room, kitchen, even the bathroom - all the rooms/ places that's practically downstairs. Unfortunately back then our gate has a big hole and they were smaller. One day the male just escaped from the front gate and we didn't realize until we couldn't find him after ransacking the whole house (both of them have their own favourite 'hideout' where we can usually find them). He was gone and we learnt our lesson. My mum even walked throughout the neighbourhood but there's no trace of him. Hopefully a kind neighbour found him and take good care of him 

I feed my terrapins the Nutrafin Basic terrapin pellets. Both liked it and my female terrapin had been taking the same pellet for 15 years. I used to change brand once (because they ran out of Nutrafin in the shop and I was running low on the food supply) and they don't seem to like it. Yes, they still eat but little. So when it finished, I went back to Nutrafin.

I used to feed them (fresh from market) raw prawns and boy, don't they love it. Unfortunately it's really smelly (the water and their poo); and for few days they refused to eat the pellets when I feed them (waiting for the prawns) so in the end my mum said we shouldn't give them the prawns anymore. Besides, there's more nutrients in the pellets. Sometimes we give them kangkung leaves. I give them banana and apple bits as treats (they enjoy it) but pretty rare. They poo get watery and lembik with the banana.

Lucky guess, your tortoise should be a male marginated tortoise. you need to soak it once in 2days for 15minutes with warm water but not hot ( for it to drink and defecate )and make sure you dry it with a clean towel.

What kind of pellets u r talking about? I have some Mazuri, let me know if u r looking for it.

Sun bathing !!

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Btw that's a male in breeding mode - the red not as red when off season !!

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Depending on many factors ?
- health of new box-mate
- size differences
- size of box

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That's a rare Tortoise you have there. would love to see how he looks like.

I think you would also need to check if he is wild caught or captive bred. Depends on the illnesses and bacteria that they have as well. What I understand is generally need about 6 months quarantine period before introducing new additions. and that is also under controlled environments. U don't want a case of bullying! But if your sulcata is a hatchling (under 1 year). He'll generally be about the size of 4-6cm (plastron) which is definately much smaller than your egpytian. you may rethink about putting them together for the time being until your hatchling becomes similar in size (for the sulcata it won't take long prob 6 months on a good diet. Before you know it.. the sulcata will be a giant!

Btw your egyptian looks great and the best measurements would be  on the plastron for greater accuracy.

LTC = Long Term Captive if healthy and eating well I don't see any harm putting them together ( at most 12-18 mths assume Sulcata is really a hatchling ) BUT theres a few BUTS 

- If the Egyptian is a Male ( at 8-9 cm he is mature to breed already) chasing a baby to try to mount will stress the baby to death  !!

-  The diet or food item may be a bit different for now ( chopped up a bit for baby Vs whole stalk of leaves for adult )

As Dagashi mention Sulcata do grow big and fast thus I mention 12-18 mths together !!
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thanks for your review!I also soak the pellets first before feeding it to my torts. easier for them to eat. But can't be too wet or else they will be too soft and mushy (then it becomes messy and difficult to clean).

I also found that if we put veges together with mazuri, our torts will just ignore the veges.    and eat the mazuri. So we make sure that we don't mix it so we don't waste food.

I suspect my baby sulcata (approx 5cm-6cm) can eat 3 pellets by himself for the whole day!! and contrary to normal babies, he can happily munch away on full stalks of veges which we found amusing cause those were meant for our older stars. I find that sulcatas are ferocious eaters    Always always always eating! and growing too! My stars are more tame and boring. Always hiding in their hut.

I also notice that each tort is so different in behaviour. my sulcata will sleep with his body slightly upright against a wall whereas my stars will just laze around happily in the shaded area. 

Is this ur type of Egyptian?



Must be cute. I'd really like to see it very much 

sometime one week, sometime 2 months ..automatic feeders?