ChloeCrull
Active Member
Hello, everyone!
First, I must apologize for adding another thread to an endless cycle of "Temporary Outdoor Enclosure" posts! I checked a lot of other similar threads, but none answered my specific questions.
Moving on!
Background information:
I currently have a 6ft x 3 ft indoor, wooden enclosure. My tortoises love stampeding around and wrecking havoc among themselves. It seems to be a fairly large enclosure for them.
However, being located in California, I do not want to deny my babies the excellent sunlight and warmth outside. Thus, I have decided to begin my next project; I want to construct a temporary outdoor enclosure.
Now, I live in a two-story apartment building with two dogs (I am not sneaking in the tortoises; in fact, the maintenance staff loves to watch the little guys run around their cage!). Connected to my bedroom is a large, concrete balcony with (roughly) 3ft high walls.
In the late morning (9-11), there is a large patch of sunlight that appears on the balcony that stretches about 3ft x 2ft in a rectangular shape. I think it will be a perfect sunbathing spot for my tortoises!
So, I went hunting around hardware stores for a cement mixing tub that would fit the patch of sunlight on the balcony. After a few hours of driving and searching, I found a store that carries a cement mixing tub with these measurements (in INCHES): 36" x 24" x 8".
I am also going to add chicken wire across the top to avoid hawks that circle around the field across the street from my apartment complex.
Questions
1. Is a 36" x 24" x 8" cement mixing tub too small for two Russians?
2. Is it safe (not stressful) to move my tortoises between cages once a day?
3. Is two hours in the sun every day a healthy amount of natural sunlight? (They receive UVA/UVB in their indoor enclosue).
4. Does this idea sound reasonable?
First, I must apologize for adding another thread to an endless cycle of "Temporary Outdoor Enclosure" posts! I checked a lot of other similar threads, but none answered my specific questions.
Moving on!
Background information:
I currently have a 6ft x 3 ft indoor, wooden enclosure. My tortoises love stampeding around and wrecking havoc among themselves. It seems to be a fairly large enclosure for them.
However, being located in California, I do not want to deny my babies the excellent sunlight and warmth outside. Thus, I have decided to begin my next project; I want to construct a temporary outdoor enclosure.
Now, I live in a two-story apartment building with two dogs (I am not sneaking in the tortoises; in fact, the maintenance staff loves to watch the little guys run around their cage!). Connected to my bedroom is a large, concrete balcony with (roughly) 3ft high walls.
In the late morning (9-11), there is a large patch of sunlight that appears on the balcony that stretches about 3ft x 2ft in a rectangular shape. I think it will be a perfect sunbathing spot for my tortoises!
So, I went hunting around hardware stores for a cement mixing tub that would fit the patch of sunlight on the balcony. After a few hours of driving and searching, I found a store that carries a cement mixing tub with these measurements (in INCHES): 36" x 24" x 8".
I am also going to add chicken wire across the top to avoid hawks that circle around the field across the street from my apartment complex.
Questions
1. Is a 36" x 24" x 8" cement mixing tub too small for two Russians?
2. Is it safe (not stressful) to move my tortoises between cages once a day?
3. Is two hours in the sun every day a healthy amount of natural sunlight? (They receive UVA/UVB in their indoor enclosue).
4. Does this idea sound reasonable?