So, our outdoor enclosure for our rt, brains, is finished. When we went to brim him in, he was already dug under! My husband is insisting we leave him outside! So I guess he is spending the night outside. I'm so nervous!!
wellington said:I forgot what kind of tort you have and where you live. So just as a reminder, make sure your nights are not getting too cold. I wouldn't keep him out if it gets colder then what he was used to inside unless you have a heated house on a thermostat. Already seen some sick torts on here from staying outside and it got cold.
lynnedit said:Afghan tortoises (isn't that what Yvonne said we should call them in another post ), aka Russian tortoises, seem to really love being outside and having that choice.
Jacqui said:I saw where the night went just great!! Yeah for both Brains and you!
Tom I like leaving mine outdoors because to me they are better off out there where they can set their own time to go to sleep, get up in the morning, ect.., If you have built a good secure enclosure, they should be okay out there. I like my tortoises being as handled as little as possible and being kept as naturally as I can. I can't put them back out into the wild, but I can try to give them a small sense of still being wild and free.
JoesMum said:I think people's attitude to outside living varies hugely depending on geographic location.
Only you can know what predators are in your neighbourhood and the likelihood of your tort coming to harm.
People a few streets from each other may have different attitudes, simply because one has a particularly nasty cat as a neighbour!
In the UK, I know we come over as very laid back because there are so few wild predators that can do any harm and the domestic ones are the same decision as anywhere else I guess.