I've been thinking about this for a while now, and I'd really like to know what those of you who live in cold winter climates do with the tortoises that are confined to a night box (read 'small space') on those many, many cold, maybe snowy, winter days.
We encourage new sulcata keepers to build a night box according to Tom's design, but what if they build the night box and the tortoise is snowed in? I'd really hate to see a sulcata penned inside a small night box for most of the winter. We're always telling people they need at least a 4'x8' enclosure for indoors, but what about that small night box in the winter?
At least when my sulcata has to stay inside because it's cold, he's got room to move around inside his 10'x8' shed.
I'm not being a smart alec, I really want to know?
We encourage new sulcata keepers to build a night box according to Tom's design, but what if they build the night box and the tortoise is snowed in? I'd really hate to see a sulcata penned inside a small night box for most of the winter. We're always telling people they need at least a 4'x8' enclosure for indoors, but what about that small night box in the winter?
At least when my sulcata has to stay inside because it's cold, he's got room to move around inside his 10'x8' shed.
I'm not being a smart alec, I really want to know?