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the doors

this is scooter and bulldosers house. It is an 8'x10' shed. The doors swing down to a ramp.

cool, I'm glad we're working on Teddy's. I had a ramp for
a while but he got "wide footed" in his stride and was falling
off of it, that's when we went to the rocks idea.
Do you have two doors because the shed is split even
though they have access to the same yard? Or just because.
Do you keep anything else in the shed?

I have 2 doors, one in for entering and exiting and the other is covered in mesh so on warm days i can open the mesh door and have a vent or close it in winter etc. So they can only use one. I keep my chameleons in cages on the far side of the shed as well. When the torts get bigger I will give them access to the whole building. It is complete insulated with foam as well and is equipped when an a/c unit for the hot 100 degree days here in sacramento valley.

I forgot to mention doser is 10" and scooter is 5" in case that matters. they use the ramp just fine so far plus it's not far from the ground.

The large one is Bulldoser, the medium one is Scooter and the two hatchlings that are housed inside are Tiny(on doser's back) and Tank. I will be expanding there enclosure in about a month to a much larger size.

That is a really nice enclosure. I am building something for my Hermanns soon outside and it gave me some good ideas. One of my questions is do you have any problems with predators? I was thinking I should put a cover on the enclosure but then it wouldn't really give them full sunlight, even chainlink will make a weird pattern of shade. Since I am in NH I would take them in at night because mornings can sometimes be damp and chilly. We are too far away from people to have strange dogs or cats in the yard. What do you think? My torts are still small, about 4 inches SCL or a little smaller.

I haven't has any problems with preditors at all. But I have bird netting that I tack to the top of the pen for night and simply roll up during the day time but leaving it on is fine too. It is pretty strong and would hold a large tom cat no problem. The fencing is buried underground as well as an inch of the side boards.

It looks like your dog could easily hop over that fence and have fun with the tortoises if he wanted to...

I have 3 dogs and all were raised around them and very very obedient. And they are only outside when I am as well.

my dogs are the same way, they are never out of the house unless a person is with them. Once, though, my gal found a loose box turtle in the yard and picked it up and was carrying it around. It was completely unhurt, but boy did that make me keep a closer eye on them. I never before and never since have seen them show even the slightest interest in any turtle, even ones trotting across the yard as fast as they can or swimming in water pans. Luckily for me, no turtle was hurt, but we've had posters before who were not so lucky that one time. Glad you don't leave your dogs out unsupervised. Good dogs are ones that are part of a family and live with the family.