That looks great! They have lots of room to roam. They do look very happy.

the other four Torts moved in today. Above is a video of Mithril ramming others, and Carmine running away from her!

there are more pics here:
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Looks GREAT!! They all look like they like it so far!!

Kelly, I am definitely jeaulous. What a wonderful big enclosure you've made for them. Its great and I loved the pics. Keep them comming.

Just a quick question, those are Russian tort's correct?
Im trying to learn more about different species.

that is a crazy set up! Thats bigger than my bedroom haha.

They are TOTALLY loving it! And each tortoise has an area that he or she prefers! I have that deep box for digging/burrowing, and El & Hurley are ALWAYS buried in there! Varda, Carmine, Mithril and Roland prefer to burrow into the deep hay area. Billy mostly hangs around by the basking area and sleeps in the hide near that area at night. Calypso chooses a different spot almost every night, I guess she gets bored easily!

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I really like the different areas that they have to explore and the size. I think it will keep your beautiful torts very happy.

Be careful of just clamping lights to sides of enclosure. It there is a way to securely hang them from above with chain you'll have a safer environment, especially if your going to put one over the hay.

Misty
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3 Leopard's
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Melissa, that is correct those are Kellys Russian Torts.

I've slowly been expanding this... it's almost 7' wide now, and a bit longer... it probably doesn't look much different than the first pics (to you guys) but it seems so much larger in person!

This is the main section (50/50 bed a brick/sand, with plywood for the eating area):


This is the hay section (to the right of the main section), a part of that is just empty... I ran out of vinyl so threw some bin lids on the ground as a temporary fix... one of them has a ton of calcium carbonate dumped on it; some of the girls go over there for a breather or a cool down, actually...


this is to the bottom left of the main section... an extra little "nook" with cypress mulch and another basking lamp (just to give them a little variance), and their deep digging box (oops, you can tell I only "watered" half of it! LOL) which also has a basking lamp - usually I keep 2/3rds of this box covered with rubbermaid bin lids (except where the light is)...