My tortoises' outdoor area (pic heavy)

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Shaded "safe" pen during storms.
The burrows in the yard .
He has fresh veggies available ( pesticide /herbicide free)
Goliath with our temporary tortoise, Tilly.
And a shot of the shades areas for them to roam (fenced in, mostly) .

 

[Durhamstyle]

The last picture was when we were doing a fence expansion , so ignore the mess

 

[leigti]

That is a nice area. Did you dig that Burrow or did Goliaths? How big is Goliath?

 

[Durhamstyle]

That is a nice area. Did you dig that Burrow or did Goliaths? How big is Goliath?

He dug it all by himself. He digs them often, which I hope others that have little sulcatas are prepared for in the future lol
He attempts to dig thru the walls in the garage now that he has learned to climb the steps ( ugh)
He is about 80lbs. I haven't measured him in years. Guess I should.

 

[leigti]

My friends visited a museum in New York City behind the scenes, they knew somebody who work there. And there were two Sulcata tortoises that, for some reason, were living there. They accidentally got locked in a room so they bashed their way through the wall to get where they wanted to go. I'm not sure I would keep Siulcata it in a museum

 

[Durhamstyle]

Haha that's weird and funny.
Yeah when we first got him we lived in a split level house. Goliath was in "the dungeon" as we called the bottom level. His stink would permeate the air upstairs . Eventually, I kicked him into the garage permanently for winter (in an enclosure , of course).

I'll need to place this little tortoise somewhere nice before winter , I hope. I really don't want to house them together in the winter. Goliath keeps mounting Tilly ,which seriously freaks her out.

 

[bouaboua]

You have a very nice size yard. I'm so envy...

 

[samsmom]

i really love your enclosure!

 

[Jacqui]

You didn't list but do you have a water source? a mud wallow?

I just gave my two biggest boyz an enlarge enclosure and though they never dug before, the one decided he needs to make himself a burrow. Reminds me of your picture.

 

[Durhamstyle]

You didn't list but do you have a water source? a mud wallow?

I just gave my two biggest boyz an enlarge enclosure and though they never dug before, the one decided he needs to make himself a burrow. Reminds me of your picture.

I have no water source except the tortoise drinks from the dogs water bowl. I soak him in a pool when it has been hot or he looks dryer than normal. I am having trouble keeping him in the pool lately. He has really become quite the climber.
I will be making a cement pond soon, for soaking when he chooses. Just working out concerns about filtering the pond/ dogs drinking it.

This is him this week -

 

[Yellow Turtle01]

Do you have something to keep him form digging under the fence? He's really cute

 

[Durhamstyle]

Thanks
No, unfortunately I have to keep checking to make sure the tunnel doesn't extend past any fences. Otherwise, I fill it or block it with a cinder block. He has two burrows that he uses right now.

 

[Jacqui]

Nice view.

 

[Durhamstyle]

Thank you!