This has probably been asked and answered, but for my own piece of mind, I would like to address it again. These pictures are of Praetorius and Shunderson’s outdoor enclosure. It is 7x7, underneath the “dog house†I have dug a tunnel that ends in a metal bucket so they can not continue digging (hard to see from the angle of the picture, but it does go down). There are 4 water bowls throughout, mostly under the “shade tableâ€. I mist the torts 2x day, completely soak the enclosure once a day, and soak the torts about every other day. I am in Louisiana, so the heat and heat index is high. I have been leaving them out, but wondered if I should be bringing them in during the hot part of the day. They also stay out all night. They seem healthy and happy, with good appetites, and the larger one comes when he hears the gate.
My questions are: should I be bringing them in during the day, and should I begin constructing an indoor enclosure now for winter? I does not get cold here as compared to other parts of the country/world, but we do get some weeks when the temp does not go above the 40’s. I had been reading about people who leave theirs out with some type of heating element, but for one thing, mine are still small.
Sorry for the length of the post.
My questions are: should I be bringing them in during the day, and should I begin constructing an indoor enclosure now for winter? I does not get cold here as compared to other parts of the country/world, but we do get some weeks when the temp does not go above the 40’s. I had been reading about people who leave theirs out with some type of heating element, but for one thing, mine are still small.
Sorry for the length of the post.
