Window Wells

ethan508

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So I'm expanding my Russian Tortoise enclosure. It is up against my house and there is a window well in the enclosure. I had previously planned on putting a cover over the well but am now wondering if that is needed? Will a tortoise 'cliff jump' into a window well? It is pretty deep, 4 ft or so (full egress for a basement bedroom).
 

ethan508

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So I found some 1/4" hardware mesh for $20 and covered the window well. I let the mesh overhand the edge of the well by 8-12" and this excess was then held down by a patio paver stones ever few feet and the hole mesh was then buried. Where the mesh was up against the house I bent it upwards and fixed it using a couple of nails that had been left sticking out of the top of the window frame. I tested it out by placing a couple of 10lb rocks to ensure it would hold if a tortoise decided to walk across it.

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