saginawhxc
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Michigan has several native Hawks and they aren't exactly uncommon, but this is one of the big reasons my outdoor enclosures for my Russian and for my sulcata baby are covered in hardware cloth. This morning though after putting my pair of five year old sulcatas out into their pens for the day I caught this Hawk sitting on my fence line watching us. Both torts are about 11 pounds and have shells about 12" long and efore this I figured they were safe, but with this bird directly checking them out I'm suddenly full of doubt.
Should I consider this a threat? He isn't exactly the biggest Hawk I've seen, but I'm fully aware how deadly these guys are. At what size (if ever) can tortoises be considered safe from hawks like these? What size do raccoons or squirrels quit becoming a major threat?
Should I consider this a threat? He isn't exactly the biggest Hawk I've seen, but I'm fully aware how deadly these guys are. At what size (if ever) can tortoises be considered safe from hawks like these? What size do raccoons or squirrels quit becoming a major threat?