tortoiseton
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Hello Tortoise Forum!
New user here, but have owned my little 1-2 year old sulcata for almost 1 year now (Rescued it from a parent who couldn't take care of it). Just moved into Austin, Texas and am living on a corner apartment with a large porch (VERY rough estimate of at least 40 sq ft). Right now my poor tortoise has been walking on the concrete and getting used to it, but I want to give him a real enclosure. I wanted to get some advice.
1. Would it be acceptable for half of the porch to be a closed off enclosure with substrate but to give him access to a concrete part? The reason for this would be the sunlight doesn't reach the porch all too great in the corner and only shines on the porch in the afternoon so I want him to have access to the whole porch for some sunlight.
2. Any basic recommendations for material to build the wall out of? I haven't personally worked with wood before. Also, would it be okay just to wall off the parts that lead to the porch but use the sides of my apartment as walling for his enclosure? Not sure what the wall is made of but it is painted white.
3. How could I separate the substrated part of the enclosure from the concrete part in a way that is accessible to my tortoise, won't cause him to flip, but also wont get substrate all over my porch.
4. Any recommendations on tortoise hide? I have seen Tom's thread on the large 4' by 8' night box but I kind of want to avoid that while I am in an apartment and planning to move out after a year or two. Also, I figure my environment already has a decent amount of warmth, I just want to correct for the humidity
New user here, but have owned my little 1-2 year old sulcata for almost 1 year now (Rescued it from a parent who couldn't take care of it). Just moved into Austin, Texas and am living on a corner apartment with a large porch (VERY rough estimate of at least 40 sq ft). Right now my poor tortoise has been walking on the concrete and getting used to it, but I want to give him a real enclosure. I wanted to get some advice.
1. Would it be acceptable for half of the porch to be a closed off enclosure with substrate but to give him access to a concrete part? The reason for this would be the sunlight doesn't reach the porch all too great in the corner and only shines on the porch in the afternoon so I want him to have access to the whole porch for some sunlight.
2. Any basic recommendations for material to build the wall out of? I haven't personally worked with wood before. Also, would it be okay just to wall off the parts that lead to the porch but use the sides of my apartment as walling for his enclosure? Not sure what the wall is made of but it is painted white.
3. How could I separate the substrated part of the enclosure from the concrete part in a way that is accessible to my tortoise, won't cause him to flip, but also wont get substrate all over my porch.
4. Any recommendations on tortoise hide? I have seen Tom's thread on the large 4' by 8' night box but I kind of want to avoid that while I am in an apartment and planning to move out after a year or two. Also, I figure my environment already has a decent amount of warmth, I just want to correct for the humidity