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Thanks for the advice! I didn't know that about mosquitos; thanks for telling me and I will certainly leave a dish outside.

Thank you all for your replies! I will do daily soaks; yes, mosquitos are only attracted to standing water. A stream sounds like a neat idea; her enclosure right now isn't permanent so I won't likely install something but I could get a little stream up with the hose. Thanks again!

Hello, I have a Russian tortoise who lives outside in my warm, humid southeastern backyard during the warm months. I know that it is a lot more humid than it would be in the desert (of course!) and it rains a lot more--even though I take her in if we're going to have a week of thunderstorms...

Here's a pic of the pen from a distance. As you can see, it's quite easy to lose her inside of it, haha! The ground is leaf mulch and she loves digging in it. It was super hot today so she was burrowed/hiding whenever I went out to check on her. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get a picture...

And it's finished! Myrtle's been in it for about half an hour and is loving her new digs. I planted some clover, still waiting on the Testudo Seed Mix, and until then she's feasting on kale and dandelion greens. We're going to the gym right now so I don't have time to post pictures, but...

Wow! That's beautiful! Your torts are very lucky.

I'm afraid I don't know very much about treating torts with MBD, but it's obvious that she lucked out on finding you! (Or you finding her) Best of luck!

Thanks everyone! I'll probably hit Home Depot pretty soon and get some DE soon.

I live in southeastern America. The ants are pretty small and as of now I'm not quite sure whether they're black or red. Thanks for the reply!

Hello, I'm building an outside enclosure for my Russian, and while letting her roam around in the space today I noticed a big swarm of ants where she started to dig. They crawled over her but didn't seem to want to sting her. One got pretty close to her eye but she smashed it herself and I...

Thanks! That sounds like a wonderful idea; I'll definitely be planning on some hides as soon as I get the basic enclosure done. Good news is the trees in the middle of the pen - she usually burrows around the roots of plants and bushes as opposed to fences or walls.

Hahaha yes! I certainly agree. Thanks for the kind words about Myrtle-from what I can see of your torts they are lovely as well!

Thank you SO much for your kind response! I certainly lucked out with her :D

Thank you so much! I'm so glad I found this forum to mingle with people who want more than a 10gal aquarium for their torts! :)

Sounds good! I'll probably order/buy seeds very soon. Till everything grows Myrtle will probably continue to eat greens and Grassland Tort Food.