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As many questions as I get answers for on this website, I still find myself without answers to some of them. It may be that I am not navigating the past posts as well as I should be, but I thought I would ask the questions and voice my concerns..
1. When I leave for work in the early AM (5:30) it is dark and about 65 degrees. During the day it gets up to 90 degrees and in southern AZ there is a lot of nature Vitamin D that Hatchback is missing out on. I assume that it would be wrong to remove Hatch from his hide and put him in his outdoor pen that early in the AM. His outdoor enclosure is 4 x 8 and has plenty of shade and hiding spots. I don't have anyone who can take him out later in the morning when the temps are better. Can I put him out at that time?
2. I modeled my outdoor enclosure after one Tom posted. Cinder blocks to form the enclosure and framed hardware cloth for the tops. I have never left him out there very long without checking on him. I really worry about him having gotten loose. I all but crawl to his enclosure because I am so fearful I may step on him. Hatch is 3 months old, is that still a hatchling? Can a 50 cent piece hatchling dig out under the cinder blocks? If so how long would it take? I understand I will have to bury a barrier before too long. I am just waiting until my vacation time to do that part of the enclosure, is it something I should be worried about now?
3. Last question. Promise. I am planting mallow, and goats head weed in his enclosure now. I am going to put in more. I would love for him to graze more naturally throughout the day in addition to the other food I am feeding. If he is grazing that how do I monitor if he is eating enough?
1. When I leave for work in the early AM (5:30) it is dark and about 65 degrees. During the day it gets up to 90 degrees and in southern AZ there is a lot of nature Vitamin D that Hatchback is missing out on. I assume that it would be wrong to remove Hatch from his hide and put him in his outdoor pen that early in the AM. His outdoor enclosure is 4 x 8 and has plenty of shade and hiding spots. I don't have anyone who can take him out later in the morning when the temps are better. Can I put him out at that time?
2. I modeled my outdoor enclosure after one Tom posted. Cinder blocks to form the enclosure and framed hardware cloth for the tops. I have never left him out there very long without checking on him. I really worry about him having gotten loose. I all but crawl to his enclosure because I am so fearful I may step on him. Hatch is 3 months old, is that still a hatchling? Can a 50 cent piece hatchling dig out under the cinder blocks? If so how long would it take? I understand I will have to bury a barrier before too long. I am just waiting until my vacation time to do that part of the enclosure, is it something I should be worried about now?
3. Last question. Promise. I am planting mallow, and goats head weed in his enclosure now. I am going to put in more. I would love for him to graze more naturally throughout the day in addition to the other food I am feeding. If he is grazing that how do I monitor if he is eating enough?
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