Thank you everyone for all of your input, help and suggestions.
After a few months of research and preparations we now have an outdoor pen ready to house a Russian tortoise!
This pen is 20ft x 6ft. The walls are 12in with a 4in lip around the entire top to prevent climbing out. I painted the wood but my husband did the cutting and assembling.
At one end I have a lock box that I will use at night. Its 14in x 22in and goes down 14in into the ground. I was given the idea by another member to bury a plastic tote and use the wood for the top frame and doors. I love it, its safe, secure, dry and just perfect.
Its fully planted (overgrown may be a better term) with aloe vera, grasses, white clover, many different weeds and succulents.
I have a glazed terra cota saucer for water but will upgrade it to a much larger size in the near future.
I have slate tiles throughout the enclosure as a tortoise only mosaic walkway.
I think it is officially ready now for a tenant to move in!
Next up, the remodel of the new leopard tortoise pen
Thanks for looking!
After a few months of research and preparations we now have an outdoor pen ready to house a Russian tortoise!
This pen is 20ft x 6ft. The walls are 12in with a 4in lip around the entire top to prevent climbing out. I painted the wood but my husband did the cutting and assembling.
At one end I have a lock box that I will use at night. Its 14in x 22in and goes down 14in into the ground. I was given the idea by another member to bury a plastic tote and use the wood for the top frame and doors. I love it, its safe, secure, dry and just perfect.
Its fully planted (overgrown may be a better term) with aloe vera, grasses, white clover, many different weeds and succulents.
I have a glazed terra cota saucer for water but will upgrade it to a much larger size in the near future.
I have slate tiles throughout the enclosure as a tortoise only mosaic walkway.
I think it is officially ready now for a tenant to move in!
Next up, the remodel of the new leopard tortoise pen
Thanks for looking!