Look for a tortoise with clear eyes and a smooth shell.
Full size full grown baby sulcata tortoise.
The full grown sulcata can measure up to 36 and weigh 100 200 pounds.
Depending on the region from which the sulcata tortoise is from they can grow even larger.
Fully grown they weigh in at a hefty 230 lbs.
They can be up to 33 in.
Newly hatched tortoises typically measure 1 2 in length but can weigh 50 pounds at 5 years old.
Large heavy and slow to move once full grown a baby sulcata tortoise is a mini dinosaur.
Housing an adult sulcata tortoise is definitely different from housing a juvenile one.
Long and grow quite rapidly from the time that they hatch.
Obviously a 10 inch tortoise isn t going to need an entire room of your house but if you can provide that the tortoise would incredibly happy.
A full grown african sulcata tortoise can grow anywhere from 18 28 with males growing larger than females.
Expect to pay between 50 and 200 on average for a young sulcata tortoise.
Within the first few years of hatching these tortoises can grow to 10 in.
Depending on the exact locale of african sulcata expect your new baby tortoise for sale to reach at least 75 lbs.
And if possible ask to see it eat.
There are many things to consider and planning will help you and your pet in the end.
In this article i will go over what you need to know to house both a juvenile and adult tortoise.
Full grown russian tortoises reach about 10 inches though many are smaller than this.