first outing

[Kylee L.]

my friend gave us an old rabbit run, perfect for a tort pen!

 

[KarenSoCal]

That looks like fun, and lots of good stuff to eat, too!

 

[Kylee L.]

he would pick his head up in the breeze, it was so cute lol. he got to eat a. couple clover flowers for the first time

That looks like fun, and lots of good stuff to eat, too!

 

[Tom]

my friend gave us an old rabbit run, perfect for a tort pen!

No. Not perfect. They need a visual barrier. If they can see through their barriers it can cause them to injure themselves and all sorts of other problems too. Line the bottom with some thin plywood or corrugated plastic.

 

[Kylee L.]

No. Not perfect. They need a visual barrier. If they can see through their barriers it can cause them to injure themselves and all sorts of other problems too. Line the bottom with some thin plywood or corrugated plastic.

 

[Kylee L.]

we kept him in there about an hour, supervised the whole time, didnt try to escape. walked around and smelled mostly. Why cant he be on the ground?

 

[Herman_WA]

I have a cage very similar to yours, and my tortoise always tried to escape that cage. One day he managed to push the cage door open, and we searched for what seemed like hours, and finally found him. But you might not be able to find your little tort again.
We did get a lock on it so he can't push it open again.
Its easier for a tortoise to escape than you think!

Also, a few weeks ago, I had left him out there in his cage for a few hours, and when I came back, he was stuck in between one of the bars and had some pretty small cuts on his head and face.
We brought him inside, gave him a nice soak and cleaned up his cuts.
Now, I am never putting him in that cage again until I either get a new outdoor enclosure, or fix it so he can't see out of it.

Anyway, just thought I would share my experience with this sort of cage! Hope it helps you out!

 

[Kylee L.]

I have a cage very similar to yours, and my tortoise always tried to escape that cage. One day he managed to push the cage door open, and we searched for what seemed like hours, and finally found him. But you might not be able to find your little tort again.
We did get a lock on it so he can't push it open again.
Its easier for a tortoise to escape than you think!

Also, a few weeks ago, I had left him out there in his cage for a few hours, and when I came back, he was stuck in between one of the bars and had some pretty small cuts on his head and face.
We brought him inside, gave him a nice soak and cleaned up his cuts.
Now, I am never putting him in that cage again until I either get a new outdoor enclosure, or fix it so he can't see out of it.

Anyway, just thought I would share my experience with this sort of cage! Hope it helps you out!

thank you! I completely understand what can potentially happen, Sheldon is very dear to us. I didn't plan on leaving him unsupervised, I've read so much about them being escaped artists, the first few months I had him I shut the door to the room he was in and stuffed a towel under it to . I've researched what it would take to make a safe , functional outdoor environment for him and its alot lol. this cage is for him to get sun a few times a week for an hour or so.

 

[KarenSoCal]

we kept him in there about an hour, supervised the whole time, didnt try to escape. walked around and smelled mostly. Why cant he be on the ground?

He can be on the ground.

What we're saying is that around the bottom of the enclosure, there should be a strip of wood tall enough that your tort cannot see out past it. If a tort can see 'outside', he will keep trying to go there (escape).

 

[Tom]

Why cant he be on the ground?

What Karen said.

 

[Kylee L.]

He can be on the ground.

What we're saying is that around the bottom of the enclosure, there should be a strip of wood tall enough that your tort cannot see out past it. If a tort can see 'outside', he will keep trying to go there (escape).