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I need your help to make the best possible habitat for my tort so please give me your input on what to do and how to make it better. I'm open to anything I also want ideas for an outdoor habitat. Below are pictures of my torts habitat today and my yard so you can see what I have to work with.
P.S.Should I keep my torts UV lamp on all night ?
I'm also adding pictures of my yard tomorrow so you can see what I have to work with !
here are pictures of part of my Florida Room and my back yard
You have a beautiful yard to work with--nice big shaddy trees, grass etc. Simple blocks or cinder blocks would be work. Here's something I just had put up (I have a few dogs to keep out of this enclosure)...we had to cement the post into the ground, I lined the inside bottom with blocks..but decided to use this lattice so I can grow vines up along the side.
I'll take more pics later tonight but have since added 2 patio umbrellas for shade, a dog igloo that they both go in to escape the heat and at night, and 2-3 water dishes throughout. I'm adding more and more every day and just planted a few hibiscus in pots so they can eat the fallen leaves and flowers..and roses.
I live in AZ and the temp last week of 117 and I was able to maintain 95-104 under the shade and in the dog house buy using both patio umbrellas and by turning on the sprinkler for just a min 2 times a day. I'll take more pics tonight.
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k132/dawgcr/tort.jpg
Well at least u have a fence Ive yet to get one ! Today I bout a Prickly Pear Cati otherwise known as Optunia so I can plant in his enclosure !
ANOTHER PIC
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Here are a bunch of links to give you some ideas, several of them have pictures:
http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/pentips.html
http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/securehabitat.html
http://www.tortoise.org/general/pen.html
http://www.turtlestuff.com/enclosures.html
http://www.sulcata-station.org/housing.html
http://russiantortoise.org/outdoorpens3.htm
great links some really good ideaS from them.
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