I got Roxie in March 2010, original thread is: http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-New-to-me-tort#axzz1VPP9r3fI
Since then Roxie has grown to 9.5" SCL and I think the boy/girl debate is leaning more towards girl. We moved to a new house in December, selected in part for Roxie. The previous house was on .25 acres and the new house is on 1.5 acres. The new house also includes a basement which contains a reptile room for me. The reptile room was one of the first I set up (per the wife I think it will be the last to be "finished") and Roxie was a very cranky tortoise living in an enclosure in there for the winter. It actually took me much longer to get the outdoor enclosure ready than I thought it would, mostly because I had to dig into a hill to create a flat area for the tortoise shed. I dug out a roughly 12' x 12' section of hill that sloped up 3' over that 12' distance. It was a ton of clay to move and I think I mean that literally as well as figuratively. The new outdoor tortoise yard is now roughly 30' by 40'. The fence is currently 15 or 16" at its shortest and it'll grow as Roxie does. But since everyone prefers pictures to words:
The tortoise yard (the pasture area gets full sun, that back area near the shed stays fairly shady for much of the day):
The hill I dug out for the shed (which used to have a dirt floor but now has a wood one):
Roxie's mini-pond (the drain you see only collects water from my property, so no pollution/contamination concerns):
Just some pics of Roxie being Roxie:
Roxie's leg, just because I like her scales:
And pics to give someone an opportunity to tell me I'm crazy and that Roxie is actually a Rocky after all:
Since then Roxie has grown to 9.5" SCL and I think the boy/girl debate is leaning more towards girl. We moved to a new house in December, selected in part for Roxie. The previous house was on .25 acres and the new house is on 1.5 acres. The new house also includes a basement which contains a reptile room for me. The reptile room was one of the first I set up (per the wife I think it will be the last to be "finished") and Roxie was a very cranky tortoise living in an enclosure in there for the winter. It actually took me much longer to get the outdoor enclosure ready than I thought it would, mostly because I had to dig into a hill to create a flat area for the tortoise shed. I dug out a roughly 12' x 12' section of hill that sloped up 3' over that 12' distance. It was a ton of clay to move and I think I mean that literally as well as figuratively. The new outdoor tortoise yard is now roughly 30' by 40'. The fence is currently 15 or 16" at its shortest and it'll grow as Roxie does. But since everyone prefers pictures to words:
The tortoise yard (the pasture area gets full sun, that back area near the shed stays fairly shady for much of the day):
The hill I dug out for the shed (which used to have a dirt floor but now has a wood one):
Roxie's mini-pond (the drain you see only collects water from my property, so no pollution/contamination concerns):
Just some pics of Roxie being Roxie:
Roxie's leg, just because I like her scales:
And pics to give someone an opportunity to tell me I'm crazy and that Roxie is actually a Rocky after all:
