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mcory

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I would love to see outdoor enclosure that everyone has to help learn and get ideas for my 3 year old leopard tort:) I have only had her 2 months and I have no idea if she has ever been outdoors:/
 

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Those are some amazing fun looking outdoor tortoise gardens!!!!
 

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Yeah, but what happened to all those members? Never see them here anymore.

And that's a great thread put together by our own Jacqui. Thank you so much, Jacqui. You done good, kiddo!!
 

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Some views from a couple of my own enclosures I worked on this last summer...

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Oh ,Jackie !...you make enchanted gardens,beautiful !.....are you willing to travel? First class?...do you keep other than hinge backs? ...what zone are you in?....your aqua colored house looks loved too,...
 

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edwardbo said:
Oh ,Jackie !...you make enchanted gardens,beautiful !.....are you willing to travel? First class?...do you keep other than hinge backs? ...what zone are you in?....your aqua colored house looks loved too,...

:D I would love nothing better, then to spend my days going around and designing and planting tortoise and turtle enclosures for folks. That would be my dream job. :D I have found enclosure planning is the part I like best about keeping tortoises. I am in zone 5b. As for what kinds of tortoises do I keep, esaier to say what I don't have. :D That is actually the side of the garage you see in the picture, not the house. This year, I am working more on the leopard zone, the sulcata zones, and the redfoot/cherryhead zone. I have some very fun ideas I am working on... okay so perhaps crazy is a better term. :D :p
 

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Beautiful! I am excited to create my first tortoise garden:) looking at all the pictures just make me excited!
 

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Wow! :D
Jacqui, is that a little recirculating pond/stream? If so, do you use a pump? Filter? How deep is the pond?
 

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kbaker said:
Jacqui-
I thought I saw a smurf in your pictures. LOL

Nope not even Papa Smurf visits here. :D My children picked out the color years back with the agreement they pick the color they help paint. Well so their helping paint was not followed through, but the colors were. I have actually grown to love the color and would not change it, though at the time I was not too fond of the choice. I also like using bright colors in my yards/encosures. ;) Plus very easy to tell folks where I live now. :D
 

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Thank you Jacqui. Soon I will have something to share too.
 

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bouaboua said:
Thank you Jacqui. Soon I will have something to share too.

I look forward to it! I enjoy nothing better then seeing what folks come up with for their tortoises. Plus they keep giving me new ideas to use in mine. :D
 

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