Second outdoor enclosure..incoming RT's

Justin C. said:

It look great! This give me some more ideas for my outdoor enclosure.
How strong is the top of the enclosure, chick wire part?

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Momof4 said:

Love it!!!
What is the name of that tall grass plants?

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Dork said:

It is ophiopogon japonicus aka Mondo grass. I had a bunch of it and washed off the roots and soil before transplant. Now - you will find that tortoise table says do not feed but I do not expect my torts will eat it and if they do decide to take a nibble they will most likely shy away from it due to a bitter taste. I've also read on various forums where more experience keepers noted smaller torts just use it has shade. Ill keep a very close eye any grazing and be sure transplant a bunch of tasty weeds for them to chow on.

If I do decide to remove them ill post an update

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Texas Scott said:

Hi All,

So...I went from a 1.0 to 1.1 but I will shortly have 1.3 Russian Tortoises

Below is my newest build for my Females. There will be some additional modification, like capping the corners and putting a board down the middle to split the new pair from my current female(quarantine) I created several different hides to for multiple microclimates and I am using organic soil with some cypress mulch. There is seed mix throughout from tortoise supply and I will be transplanting some weeds gathered from my yard. I decided to go with timbers this time around because it was easier to transport 20 timbers then haul 70 cinderblocks.

Ill be creating there tortoise table this week and will now have 3 custom tortoise tables

Please let me know what you think. Oh and if you are interested in seeing my Male RT's enclosure check this thread out http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/opinions-on-outdoor-enclosure.137965/

I never thought owning tortoises would become so much fun
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Texas Scott said:

Hi All,

So...I went from a 1.0 to 1.1 but I will shortly have 1.3 Russian Tortoises

Below is my newest build for my Females. There will be some additional modification, like capping the corners and putting a board down the middle to split the new pair from my current female(quarantine) I created several different hides to for multiple microclimates and I am using organic soil with some cypress mulch. There is seed mix throughout from tortoise supply and I will be transplanting some weeds gathered from my yard. I decided to go with timbers this time around because it was easier to transport 20 timbers then haul 70 cinderblocks.

Ill be creating there tortoise table this week and will now have 3 custom tortoise tables

Please let me know what you think. Oh and if you are interested in seeing my Male RT's enclosure check this thread out http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/opinions-on-outdoor-enclosure.137965/

I never thought owning tortoises would become so much fun
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Texas Scott said:

So Funny - I posted this back in 2016 and saw I had some notifications. I still have both of these 3 years later but the inside is way different! I learned quickly that russians like to tear things up and most of this really didn't work to be honest. It's much more simple now with an insulated dog house and full of edible weeds.

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