Ok, all of you who have many torts, or even just a few or only one big guy or gal, share your pics of their outdoor enclosures! I am needing ideas as I am ALWAYS changing, improving and rearranging mine!!
Pics of your yards!
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Ok so mine is amazingly complex in design and cost a fortune to build!!! LOL Ok .. not so much But for a young tort that doesn't dig it was a great $12 solution. I've also really started looking into peoples outdoor designs lately too, can't wait to begin summer projects!!
I don't know who's this design is (or I'd give credit, sorry), I've saved so many that I've seen and liked. I'm torn between a pretty corner brick design .. or one like this which would be affordable and keep out predators because we have a LOT of them around here.
But for a young tort that doesn't dig it was a great $12 solution. I've also really started looking into peoples outdoor designs lately too, can't wait to begin summer projects!!
I don't know who's this design is (or I'd give credit, sorry), I've saved so many that I've seen and liked. I'm torn between a pretty corner brick design .. or one like this which would be affordable and keep out predators because we have a LOT of them around here.
Not really any great ideas... just the yard. Haha they seem to like it.
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Pics, please, diamondbp.
Arizona, your yard is nice and big: tortoise heaven!
My PNW backyard from my roof, one part for the torts.
Arizona, your yard is nice and big: tortoise heaven!
My PNW backyard from my roof, one part for the torts.
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Nice, guys!! Keep em coming!
Awesome! Keep em coming!
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Beautiful pics, but does anyone ever worry that their tortoises will dig under a fence/etc and just escape? Ours (Sri Lankan Stars) burrow and dig so much, even in an artificial enclosure, that I worry they'd escape...
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It just depends on the species. My Sulcatas will dig sometimes but never to escape. The only ones I've ever had try to dig to escape were Russians and they've tried every trick in the book to escape.
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Shellfreak what are the big green bushes in pic 2
I was planning on posting this series anyway. So good timing. This is my large Russian enclosure. Roughly 25×60. It is lined with cinder blocks to prevent breakouts. So far the large space and block lining have kept everyone at home. It is obviously stuffed full of springtime weeds right now. Which im thrilled with. The growth provides lots of visual barriers so the torts can easily disappear from each and me! I will trim it in a couple of weeks but I like all the first growth to bloom and go to seed.
There are 3 torts in this pic. Can you see them? No? Exactly the point! 6 torts total in this enclosure.
Even still I regularly have to put my naughty male in his "time out" area, and separate girls as they stake out their territories.
This is the best way I have found to get them to utilize the entire space. If its to bare in the middle they all get crammed into the permanent plantings along the periphery and there is even more fighting.
There are 3 torts in this pic. Can you see them? No? Exactly the point! 6 torts total in this enclosure.
Even still I regularly have to put my naughty male in his "time out" area, and separate girls as they stake out their territories.
This is the best way I have found to get them to utilize the entire space. If its to bare in the middle they all get crammed into the permanent plantings along the periphery and there is even more fighting.
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Nice enclosures everyone! I'm trying to design something for a redfoot colony. I'm thinking I need something covered, but it needs to be tall enough I can enter and walk around inside to clean, etc. Maybe something along the lines of a wire dog pen?
this one looooooks amazing! i might just try to copy it myself
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Hey! I'm new to the site but I figured I'd show my new enclosure that I'm currently working on. Bowser (my 5 year old little girl) has out grown her old tort table and Koopa (hatchling, 10 week old baby) will be inheriting it until he's big enough to join her. Please let me know what you think and what I should add. I'll be planting a banana tree over the big hide in the back corner to keep it humid and shaded. (I live in florida so high humidity is not an issue. I used a mixture of coconut choir, organic potting soil, and our natural florida sand that is great for keeping in humidity and draining out access water, in the rest of the enclosure. All the plants are organic and home grown in my own garden. The bricks underneath are also reinforced with 2 2x4's under ground, plus thick logs in order to prevent the tortoises from ever getting close to digging their way out. I've laid down wild grass seed, bird seed, and some other mixtures to try and get different grasses in. In the enclosure I planted hibiscus plants, geraniums, aloe, hens and chicks, yuca tree, sweet basil, oregano, majoram, and dandelions. I have also imported non treated grass in from other areas of my yard in order to give her something to munch on. I have a total of four hides, all of which are misted consistently. I'm working on building a lid for the top of the enclosure. I'm hoping that Bowser is big enough to get her outside alone with a enclosure lid on top for a few hours while I work part time but it all depends on how the construction goes. Thanks for looking!
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