Thinking about the future

[Grace-Sophia]

Hello all, I have recently been thinking about where life might take me and all of my tortoises. When I move off I’m planning on purchasing another one, quite possibly a Hermans, but currently I have one Russian two Herman’s and Red Foot. My red foot right now is currently a six month old, so she is still quite tiny. I wanted to share some future ideas that I have for when she gets bigger. I live in Texas and red foots require a very high humidity, Texas does sometimes get quite humid but not quite 90 percent. I’m going to be planning on keeping my Red Foot indoors, and outdoors sometimes for some nice little walks. This is so that I can ensure that she’s getting the right climate control. I did some research on some other threads and decided that this might be my best option. This is a raised garden bed that I am planning on somehow converting to an closed chamber enclosure, it is 8‘ x 8‘, and has a nice little walkway where I can get to any part of the enclosure I need to. I’m planning on having a large “tortoise room” in my own house, which will have plenty of space for the four 5 foot enclosures and this 8 foot.


This is what I found- thoughts??

 

[ZEROPILOT]

You can pretty easily raise the humidity outdoors by using something like Cypress mulch as part of the substrate and run some misting heads or even a fine sprinkler to come on a few times a day for a few minutes on a timer

 

[Grace-Sophia]

You can pretty easily raise the humidity outdoors by using something like Cypress mulch as part of the substrate and run some misting heads or even a fine sprinkler to come on a few times a day for a few minutes on a timer

This is why I turn to the experts 😂 out side it is! Thank you!!

I really wanted her to be outside, I am so glad I can do the best for her! We all know that those natural rays are the best!!

Here’s a pic of my darling ♥️

 

[wellington]

Yes, tortoises should always be able to live outside if at all possible even if its only for the summer months.
A pop up green house will also give a high humidity area the tort could go into, using it more like a humid area not as the enclosure as it could get too hot even with the vents open. Misting or sprinklers also will do it.