leopard x sulcata ?

[EJ]

I'm pretty sure that was Ethiopia. It looks like there is one historic account of the Leopard in Sudan and it is questionable. I've posted photos of the ones from Ethiopia

Aldabraman... that is seriously impressive although it does seem normal that if the female is fertile they usually have 90 to 100% hatch rate.

How big was the female and how big were the babies?

Originally Posted by terig

Ed, im totally new to this so please forgive me if I am wrong, but I am sure I saw or read somewhere about a group of leopard tortoises in Sudan (might be wrong) that were huge. The picture showed them with a guy kneeling down and they were easily the size of sulcata or bigger.

[ALDABRA MAN]

The female is pretty average adult and the babies are average sulcata hatch lings size

[terig]

It was Ethiopia, see told you I was new to this.

[terig]

Ed, can you keep same sex but different species together if they get on? I know most people say no. But surely if there is no conflict it would be ok. Or is it a no no?

Sorry aldabra man dont want to take over your thread, but its something that ive always wondered about.

[EJ]

Average adult in the US is about 150 to 200 pounds... about 30 inches SCL. Hatchlings run about 1.5 to 2 inches SCL.

Originally Posted by ALDABRA MAN

The female is pretty average adult and the babies are average sulcata hatch lings size

[EJ]

You gotta know my answer to that one. I've currently have a Greek Running around with a Redfoot... I've never seen a problem with established captive tortoises.

Wild caught tortoises are a totally different story.

Originally Posted by terig

Ed, can you keep same sex but different species together if they get on? I know most people say no. But surely if there is no conflict it would be ok. Or is it a no no?

Sorry aldabra man dont want to take over your thread, but its something that ive always wondered about.

[EJ]

Live and learn.

Originally Posted by terig

It was Ethiopia, see told you I was new to this.

[terig]

Originally Posted by EJ

You gotta know my answer to that one. I've currently have a Greek Running around with a Redfoot... I've never seen a problem with established captive tortoises.

Wild caught tortoises are a totally different story.

Yeah I thought so. My sister has a differrent species in with her redfoot think it might be a herman (not sure what the technical name is) shes never had a problem.

[EJ]

You don't want to admit that in certain circles but this thread kinda opened the door to the topic in general.

Originally Posted by terig

Yeah I thought so. My sister has a differrent species in with her redfoot think it might be a herman (not sure what the technical name is) shes never had a problem.

[littlestar]

Originally Posted by ALDABRA MAN

About 4 weeks ago I had some Sulcata eggs hatch. They seem quite normal in size but a little more domed than my other Sulcata hatch lings, the markings were quite different than normal with an almost golden bronze colour look to them with lots of spots and what look like question marks on some of them, didn't give it much thought until I showed a friend some pictures of them. He instantly identified them as hybrids. I had no idea this was possible between leopards and sulcatas the male leopard is tiny in comparison to the female sulcata. I do not house them together and they seldom meet out side so the chances of this happening was very small. Has any one else had any experience of this? Do they grow into leopards the size of sulcatas? They are the prettiest babies I have ever seen .

Nature always finds a way. would love to see your "Leosully" pic's, should be very interesting.