How Long did you have your tort before you let him/ her camp out in the backyard by themselves? I keep wanting too but I am still an over protective parent.
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How long was it?
Shion
May 24, 2004 08:50 AM
Replies (3)
johlum
May 24, 2004 08:34 PM
In 33 years of tort keeping in a word...never. If you've had torts long enough you realize just how quick and pathologically escape minded these chelonians really are.
Ernie
shion
May 26, 2004 03:40 PM
No, I mean in an outdoor enclosure. Not just running free in the backyard.
johlum
May 26, 2004 04:50 PM
As quickly as I could assemble a SECURE enclosure. I have always purchased my torts between June and September (24 of my 33 years with torts was in Massachusetts so any other time of the year was playing with fire)so typically they were outside within a week.
The key is a secure enclosure. By that I mean one that keeps them in and predators (human and furry ones) out. All of my pens (we live in greater Minneapolis now) have solid chicken wire frame tops and key locks. We have a fenced in back yard so people aren't much of a threat anymore, but raccoons remain one. And boy are they industrious.
