Re: digging down a foot or so. Russians are demon diggers and can dig tunnels and burrows a lot deeper than a foot. What a lot of people do is dig out the whole enclosure to a depth of about two feet, then line the bottom with some metal or plastic mesh, and then infill it again. And the walls of the enclosure will have to be deeply dug in (or the mesh you put in can curve up and meet the walls). You might get russians that don't dig so far down, but many do, and it would be a shame to build your lovely enclosure and then have them escape from it. The other thing with Russians is that you don't want right angles in the walls, as they are amazing climbers. If you make the corners round,they can't climb up them.
Check this out: http://russiantortoise.org/escape_artist.htm

Nina

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