AZTgirl
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Hello all...I am new to owning tortoises and appreciate all I have learned on this site. The photo below shows the habitat we built for our new, 3yr old African Sulcata, MissT. A few weeks after we got her, we also acquired a Russian. I learned enough to know not to let them interact/live in the same habitat so we had Tank (the Russian) in a different part of the yard. However, the place we had him in initially was infested with black ants so I built the inner enclosure you see marked below and he now lives inside (but not with) MissT. We are in AZ and one of the main reasons we did this was to take advantage of the shade and tree in her area.
Long term, what are the issues that housing them this close together is likely to cause? I am very careful when I work with them (soaking and feeding)...I rinse my hands between working with each one...I don't dump the Russian's soak water in the African's habitat area...of course I do not let them see each other or interact in any way. Thanks for any feedback.
Long term, what are the issues that housing them this close together is likely to cause? I am very careful when I work with them (soaking and feeding)...I rinse my hands between working with each one...I don't dump the Russian's soak water in the African's habitat area...of course I do not let them see each other or interact in any way. Thanks for any feedback.