Hi
My five yr old hermanns has limited indoor space and so I want to provide my whole outdoor space for him to use as his tortoise area in the warmer months.
This may be an issue as we dont have a garden only quite a large yard, which is south facing and gently sloping. My idea is to provide him with a greenhouse/cold frame for him to warm up when its colder (I live in the lake district in England so its not often "hot") and tortoise proof the yard which isnt chemically treated or anything. If i could provide some large soil areas for him to dig down into if he wants to cool off or just wants a change of texture, and lots of shady areas with plants and rocks and a water dish would this be ok?
He may not be able to sleep outside because of the temps so would probably need to come in at night, would that be a problem?
Also our younger horsefield would be in an outdoor tort enclosure of her own at a different level so she is all sorted
Any suggestions would be great x x
My five yr old hermanns has limited indoor space and so I want to provide my whole outdoor space for him to use as his tortoise area in the warmer months.
This may be an issue as we dont have a garden only quite a large yard, which is south facing and gently sloping. My idea is to provide him with a greenhouse/cold frame for him to warm up when its colder (I live in the lake district in England so its not often "hot") and tortoise proof the yard which isnt chemically treated or anything. If i could provide some large soil areas for him to dig down into if he wants to cool off or just wants a change of texture, and lots of shady areas with plants and rocks and a water dish would this be ok?
He may not be able to sleep outside because of the temps so would probably need to come in at night, would that be a problem?
Also our younger horsefield would be in an outdoor tort enclosure of her own at a different level so she is all sorted
Any suggestions would be great x x