Overall, that looks GREAT! But, the water trough has me concerned. Why? It appears in one of the pics to be 'steep' on the sides and pretty deep (maybe 4" or more?). The problem could be this: The tortoise could walk/fall in and not be able to get back out. Even worse could be if the tortoise were to fall on its back into the water (upside down). In this scenario it would surely drown if it's too deep and does not have 'foot holds' to turn itself back over with. I use water troughs and fill the bottom with large (3" river stones or even red bricks until there is about an inch of water or so. Tortoises DO the worst things (unintentionally) and I try to plan for any situation. I've never had a tortoise die in a water trough, but know people who have and I never want it to happen. So, I hope this helps maybe in some way. In all, that's a nice place for your tort to live!

Matt

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• Red-Foot pen - draybar, Sat Apr 1 19:36:07 2006
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• Looks good...one comment (water issue) - Matt J, Sun Apr 2 13:32:17 2006
• RE: Looks good...one comment (water issue) - draybar, Sun Apr 2 15:36:44 2006
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