Ideas or pics of an outdoor pool for adult sulcata

[Tortoise Rescue Brenda]

Please share your pics or ideas for an outdoor pool for my adult sulcata. What I have does not have a gentle enough slope for him to get in on his own so he does not choose to use it. I have seen the big kiddy pools with a side cut off and tilted down in the earth to allow for a deeper end. Any other, more sturdy ideas? We will be moving in 4 years so I don't want to put in a concrete pond now. I may later.

Thank you in advance for ideas.

 

[Cheryl Hills]

I have a cover to a sand box buried in the ground. It works well for now but I also plan on making one out of concrete eventually

 

[MPappagallo]

I have a cover to a sand box buried in the ground. It works well for now but I also plan on making one out of concrete eventually

I am a newbie, and I have a question. On your signature...as well as other folks' signatures, I see a sort of number code...2:8:4 russians, etc. Can you explain to me what that means? Just curious! Thanks!

 

[MPappagallo]

Please share your pics or ideas for an outdoor pool for my adult sulcata. What I have does not have a gentle enough slope for him to get in on his own so he does not choose to use it. I have seen the big kiddy pools with a side cut off and tilted down in the earth to allow for a deeper end. Any other, more sturdy ideas? We will be moving in 4 years so I don't want to put in a concrete pond now. I may later.

Thank you in advance for ideas.

Might be a little odd, but I wonder if an old satellite dish would work? Just bury it up to the edges and fill it slightly with water. The smaller ones are usually free on Craigslist all the time....

 

[Cheryl Hills]

I am a newbie, and I have a question. On your signature...as well as other folks' signatures, I see a sort of number code...2:8:4 russians, etc. Can you explain to me what that means? Just curious! Thanks!

The numbers are for what sex torts you have, male, female, and unknown sex. 2 males, 8 female, and 4 unknown sex.

 

[MPappagallo]

The numbers are for what sex torts you have, male, female, and unknown sex. 2 males, 8 female, and 4 unknown sex.

Thanks so much! I have seen it on so many profiles, but just couldn't figure it out. Sounds like you have quite a herd! LOL I bet they are fun! Thanks again.

 

[Tortoise Rescue Brenda]

Might be a little odd, but I wonder if an old satellite dish would work? Just bury it up to the edges and fill it slightly with water. The smaller ones are usually free on Craigslist all the time....

Now that is something I have not thought of.

 

[Maro2Bear]

Now that is something I have not thought of.

Seems like a satellite dish, full of water would be way toooooo slippery, and have no traction for a tort to gradually walk down in to, and then back out.

 

[MPappagallo]

Seems like a satellite dish, full of water would be way toooooo slippery, and have no traction for a tort to gradually walk down in to, and then back out.

True....I never thought about the slip factor.....