My RED and YELLOW foot's rain forest

[Yvonne G]

The redfooted tortoises live here. There are three of them, the male purchased and the two females given to me from Dr. Cosmonaut - and whenever I want to check on them, they're all in the shed with the spider webs, so I never get to see them (and you don't either, because I hate spiderwebs in my hair):



Their rain forest is shaded by rose of sharon, mulberry and some sort of shrub I don't know the name of.

The YF tortoises live next door to the RF tortoises and they have an orange tree, a fig tree, a young magnolia tree and a very large hardy hibiscus. If you look closely you can see one of them hiding up against the fence where the colocasia is growing.

 

[MysticCaribou]

It looks wonderful. What is their shed like - besides the spider webs?

 

[Yvonne G]

This is their patio, but I guess I don't have any pictures of their portion of the structure. It's a 10x10 shed with 3/4 going to the Aldabran tortoises. Here's an overall look at the shed from the aldabran yard:



The YFs are on the right.

 

[MysticCaribou]

Wow. Very cool. Sure wish I could do something like that but Chicago weather isn't conducive to an outdoor tortoise enclosure. It would cost a lot to heat it sufficiently.

 

[cdmay]

Nice enclosures Yvonne.
Thats a lot of room you're giving them which is what I try to do for my guys.

 

[Yvonne G]

Nice enclosures Yvonne.
Thats a lot of room you're giving them which is what I try to do for my guys.

Thank you. I can't seem to keep cover plants alive though. I guess it's too shady.

 

[lisa127]

Beautiful. As someone who lives in cleveland, I'm quite jealous!

 

[wellington]

Wow. Very cool. Sure wish I could do something like that but Chicago weather isn't conducive to an outdoor tortoise enclosure. It would cost a lot to heat it sufficiently.

Hmmm, I do live in Chicago and it's very doable. A well insulated shed, floor, ceiling and walls all insulated and an oil filled space heater on a thermostat with each tort having a basking bulb. Very doable. At least give them an outdoor enclosure for the warm months.

 

[wellington]

Place moth balls around up off the ground so torts can't get to them. They help keep spiders away. I can't do spiders either.