Hi All!
So after tax season I would like to get Shelly in her big girl yard , but need some advice from you great people here! At the rate she's growing she'll be about 10" long and weigh almost 7 lbs. She's been outside in a secure enclosure for a while now and in December we built her a replica of Tom's heated house.
A couple things to know:
1) We live in a suburb of Los Angeles, the San Gabriel Valley
2) There are a lot of stray cats in the neighborhood
3) Not sure about raccoons, but I did see a possum on the wall the other night
This is a pic of the part of the yard we would like to set-up for Shelly
Right now we have approx. a 20' x 20' section fenced off that we were using as a garden at one point. I would like to move the fence back a ways to give Shelly a bigger area. Originally I was just going to put up a better fence and move Shelly's heated house into this area. At night I would make sure she was locked up safe and sound in her house.
We are worried about predators getting her during the day, i.e. cats, birds, possums..???? Should we be? We've been trying to think of a way to put a cover over the whole area, i.e chicken wire, hard wire mesh, but not sure if we're just being paranoid. I'm trying not to spend a ton of money, since I've already spent quite a bit on her other enclosures, but of course I'll do whatever is best. Also, we're just renting this house, so I can't attach anything to the house or the walls.
I would appreciate any advice.
Thanks!!!
Tammie
So after tax season I would like to get Shelly in her big girl yard , but need some advice from you great people here! At the rate she's growing she'll be about 10" long and weigh almost 7 lbs. She's been outside in a secure enclosure for a while now and in December we built her a replica of Tom's heated house.
A couple things to know:
1) We live in a suburb of Los Angeles, the San Gabriel Valley
2) There are a lot of stray cats in the neighborhood
3) Not sure about raccoons, but I did see a possum on the wall the other night
This is a pic of the part of the yard we would like to set-up for Shelly
Right now we have approx. a 20' x 20' section fenced off that we were using as a garden at one point. I would like to move the fence back a ways to give Shelly a bigger area. Originally I was just going to put up a better fence and move Shelly's heated house into this area. At night I would make sure she was locked up safe and sound in her house.
We are worried about predators getting her during the day, i.e. cats, birds, possums..???? Should we be? We've been trying to think of a way to put a cover over the whole area, i.e chicken wire, hard wire mesh, but not sure if we're just being paranoid. I'm trying not to spend a ton of money, since I've already spent quite a bit on her other enclosures, but of course I'll do whatever is best. Also, we're just renting this house, so I can't attach anything to the house or the walls.
I would appreciate any advice.
Thanks!!!
Tammie
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