Keep it Simple

[Mrgeez]

Good day!
I built what I believed to be the best enclosure i could, ascetically speaking. BUT, after 3 months, my 3 adult hermanns have destroyed everything. Thats ok with me as they are all very healthy. First, they flipped over every potted plant and, totally steamrolled the planted plants. 1 potted plant remains. Gosh, are they strong lil buggers!
My 3 water bowls were daily filled with soaked substrate, which clogged up my bowl water and drain plumbing. So, i just have hand refilled water bowls now. The 3 log hides are big, but not big enough so they push them around a bit.
All in all, i still enjoy having them. So, keep it simple and plain as you can and don’t be like me spending 100 hours to make it “pretty”.
LOL LOL.

 

[The_Four_Toed_Edward]

Good day!
I built what I believed to be the best enclosure i could, ascetically speaking. BUT, after 3 months, my 3 adult hermanns have destroyed everything. Thats ok with me as they are all very healthy. First, they flipped over every potted plant and, totally steamrolled the planted plants. 1 potted plant remains. Gosh, are they strong lil buggers!
My 3 water bowls were daily filled with soaked substrate, which clogged up my bowl water and drain plumbing. So, i just have hand refilled water bowls now. The 3 log hides are big, but not big enough so they push them around a bit.
All in all, i still enjoy having them. So, keep it simple and plain as you can and don’t be like me spending 100 hours to make it “pretty”.
LOL LOL.

And now you can join the many people warning against complicated plumbing for water dishes

 

[OkAdiza]

Good day!
I built what I believed to be the best enclosure i could, ascetically speaking. BUT, after 3 months, my 3 adult hermanns have destroyed everything. Thats ok with me as they are all very healthy. First, they flipped over every potted plant and, totally steamrolled the planted plants. 1 potted plant remains. Gosh, are they strong lil buggers!
My 3 water bowls were daily filled with soaked substrate, which clogged up my bowl water and drain plumbing. So, i just have hand refilled water bowls now. The 3 log hides are big, but not big enough so they push them around a bit.
All in all, i still enjoy having them. So, keep it simple and plain as you can and don’t be like me spending 100 hours to make it “pretty”.
LOL LOL.

Glad to hear they are doing well. Sorry they wrecked the place, lol.

 

[Daffodil]

They may have wrecked things, but I bet they had a ton of fun doing it!

They're probably wondering when you're going to fix things up and beautify it again!

 

[The_Four_Toed_Edward]

They may have wrecked things, but I bet they had a ton of fun doing it!

They're probably wondering when you're going to fix things up and beautify it again!

For sure, good enrichment!

 

[Yvonne G]

Me thinks the enclosure is too small for three tortoises.

 

[The_Four_Toed_Edward]

Me thinks the enclosure is too small for three tortoises.

Well, that might be settled easily, Mrgeez remind us how big the enclosure is?

 

[Littleredfootbigredheart]

lol for what it’s worth, I’m sure your enclosure still looks great! It’s such an awesome build!