halfnelson said:Outside enclosures for any tortoise would be a challange here. First snow is early October and breakup is April/May. You definitely couldn't let them hibernate outside. Even in summer you would need extra heat, our soil temp is pretty low. The interior has hotter summers so it would be slightly different there but still too cold for too long. A climate controlled greenhouse would rock but you would still have to either bring them in for at least 4 months in the winter or spend a fortune heating the greenhouse.
So you pretty much have house tortoises? With vary limited time outside in natural sunlight correct? Doesn't sound like a lot of fun. I myself dislike when the winter comes. I like it a lot better when as many as possible can be outside.
I live in an old house (well over 100 yrs), so electrical outlets were a premium...not to mention you had to be careful if too many lights and/or heaters would go on at the same time. Just finally last year got lots and lots of new outlets. For example my dining room went from four plugs to now 24 of them...and on more fuses so no popping of the fuses any more.
Must mean you have to really love reptiles to have them up there.
How is it with finding greens and stuff? Just thinking there would go a lot of the free supply of weeds, grasses, and blooms from my yard.