Long and grow quite rapidly from the time that they hatch.
Full size full grown baby sulcata tortoise.
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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.
Expect to pay between 50 and 200 on average for a young sulcata tortoise.
There are many things to consider and planning will help you and your pet in the end.
The full grown sulcata can measure up to 36 and weigh 100 200 pounds.
Fully grown they weigh in at a hefty 230 lbs.
Depending on the exact locale of african sulcata expect your new baby tortoise for sale to reach at least 75 lbs.
Within the first few years of hatching these tortoises can grow to 10 in.
Large heavy and slow to move once full grown a baby sulcata tortoise is a mini dinosaur.
Look for a tortoise with clear eyes and a smooth shell.
Housing an adult sulcata tortoise is definitely different from housing a juvenile one.
Depending on the region from which the sulcata tortoise is from they can grow even larger.
Sudanese and other locales can reach up to 200 lbs with most between 100 and 150 lbs.
Newly hatched tortoises typically measure 1 2 in length but can weigh 50 pounds at 5 years old.
Full grown russian tortoises reach about 10 inches though many are smaller than this.
In this article i will go over what you need to know to house both a juvenile and adult tortoise.
Description of the sulcata tortoise these tortoises can grow to be quite large.