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I have just bought several adults and I'm unsure of the deapth of the enclosure (how deap I should build the wall underground) so that they cannot dig out? Any help would be greatly appriciated.

Thank you

Instead of building underground, you could also line the whole enclosure with flat rocks and then put dirt on top of them. This will allow the water to drain, but will also keep them from digging out. I found this to be a little easier than trying to dig into the ground.
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TurtsandTorts Discussion Group
2 Russians (Harley and Marley)
2 RES (Sunny and Fatty)
2 Gerbils (Sydney and Vienna)
1 Cat (Abby)

This is my outdoor Geochelone carbonaria (Cherry Head) enclosure. Instead of digging down, I built up. This also assures a very deep escape resistant enclosure. It is deeper than it looks; the grass is tall. Behind the ferns is a secluded area that floods when the hatchling semi-aquatic turtle area is overfilled and turns into a mud pit, which it loves. The semi-aquatics all stay from the blue tiled area and further to the right, which includes an island and basking areas. The net is needed because of the oppressively hot sun in my area; they receive around 3-4 hours of direct sunlight a day along with filtered sunlight through most of the day. In the grass you will find its shell slightly sticking out of the grass down below the two palm trees to the right.

Michael

I wanna see someone top that setup for a hatchling... any hatchling.

>>This is my outdoor Geochelone carbonaria (Cherry Head) enclosure. Instead of digging down, I built up. This also assures a very deep escape resistant enclosure. It is deeper than it looks; the grass is tall. Behind the ferns is a secluded area that floods when the hatchling semi-aquatic turtle area is overfilled and turns into a mud pit, which it loves. The semi-aquatics all stay from the blue tiled area and further to the right, which includes an island and basking areas. The net is needed because of the oppressively hot sun in my area; they receive around 3-4 hours of direct sunlight a day along with filtered sunlight through most of the day. In the grass you will find its shell slightly sticking out of the grass down below the two palm trees to the right.
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>>Michael
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Ed @ Tortoise Keepers
Trying to keep the fun in Chelonian care

they get their own little jungle... wow! better not let junior see or he's gonna get jealous...