horaces outdoor space

[ashned7]

Well as some of you know, I have recently been researching the possibility of keeping a tortoise outside on a concrete area, as my whole yard is miserable grey concrete. I received very helpful answers from expereinced tort owners on this forum, and after also getting in touch with a couple of tortoise organisations I have found that large areas of substrate are needed (as well as the usual outdoor necessitities) but that the idea is plausable. So now instead of making a tortoise area for Horace, he can roam the whole yard!

This is how we started, with Horaces bedroom area:





He has two large substrate areas in the rest of the yard, and there are lots of plantpots and troughs containing pansies and violas (until payday when we will be increasing the variety) laid on their side for Horace to dig, climb and eat throughout the yard.

Any suggestions are greatly welcome!

 

[Yvonne G]

I'm so glad it works out for Horace to be outside. What a good idea to use that greenhouse thingey. I wouldn't have thought of that. My daughter has a couple of them for her bonsai plants, but it never crossed my mind it could be used for tortoise.

 

[ada caro]

Very nice.

 

[Ashliewood]

Where did you find that tiny greenhouse?

 

[ashned7]

hey thank you hehe its a cold frame 5ft by 2ft from wilkinsons really handy its roughly ten degrees warmer in there x

 

[Bow]

That is really cool!

 

[lynnedit]

UK has the handle on good tortoise stuff, from tortoise tables to cold frames to tortoise huts. We in the US, are sadly behind, enclosure-wise.
Good job! Horace is a great name and he is a lucky guy.

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

 

[ashned7]

thanks guys it was a lovely day today so the torts were getting the most of the sun. Horace was seeking out his dinner:



and we have made a temporary area for Lola our little RT but we will be substrating the whole of her area soon

 

[nicoleandrocky]

cool ideas