mylittlecholla
Active Member
Howdy, all!
We intend to use a plastic wading pool as an occasional playpen for our 3 1/2-year-old Desert Tortoise. We want her to able to amble around safely while inside our house in chilly weather.
Cholla already has an outdoor enclosure with the necessary furnishings, but she has long since outgrown her indoor enclosure. But we want to be able to hang out with her indoors too, as she appears quite jolly when she's near us: comes over to us; sticks out her neck to be rubbed under the chin, etc. (My husband is increasingly besotted with her; I've been besotted all along.
The "pool" is 8' in circumference and 10" deep. The substrate must be light enough that we can easily move it around. We've already got a bag of cypress-bark substrate, but we're wondering if Timothy hay would be more pleasant for her.
Or what about that green indoor/outdoor carpet stuff. The advantage is that it's washable--but I'm concerned about possible unhealthy chemicals.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts y'all may have about the above.
We intend to use a plastic wading pool as an occasional playpen for our 3 1/2-year-old Desert Tortoise. We want her to able to amble around safely while inside our house in chilly weather.
Cholla already has an outdoor enclosure with the necessary furnishings, but she has long since outgrown her indoor enclosure. But we want to be able to hang out with her indoors too, as she appears quite jolly when she's near us: comes over to us; sticks out her neck to be rubbed under the chin, etc. (My husband is increasingly besotted with her; I've been besotted all along.
The "pool" is 8' in circumference and 10" deep. The substrate must be light enough that we can easily move it around. We've already got a bag of cypress-bark substrate, but we're wondering if Timothy hay would be more pleasant for her.
Or what about that green indoor/outdoor carpet stuff. The advantage is that it's washable--but I'm concerned about possible unhealthy chemicals.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts y'all may have about the above.