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Updated her growth chart last night. It's amazing to me how much she's grown in the past year, given her slow start. I just love it!

Shelly turned 3 today :-) Thanks to all who have helped me learn the proper way to raise her. <3

Love your "cat in the box" pics. I too have a webcam on my tortoise enclosure, although ours is in an outside enclosure. It is cat proof, but we did catch a cat spying!

Tom, Thank you so, so much for your response. That is exactly the kind of information I wanted. I appreciate your time. Have a great night! Tammie

Thanks you two. Ascott the link you provided didn't work :-( N2TORTS thanks for all the pictures and examples. To you both and anybody else wanting to give their thoughts :-) I am good at building things and can definitely build an enclosure if need be, but that's really my...

Hi All! So after tax season I would like to get Shelly in her big girl yard :-), but need some advice from you great people here! At the rate she's growing she'll be about 10" long and weigh almost 7 lbs. She's been outside in a secure enclosure for a while now and in December we built her a...

So here ya go :-) Let the guessing begin! My guess is male. I still call Shelly "her" though :-) Her plastron looks like it is starting to concave at the sides right now. What do ya think? :-)

Hi All! I was home today and let Shelly out of her enclosure so she could roam around the yard. When I went to check on her I noticed she had some scratches on her plastron. There are some decorative border bricks that she must have climbed over. Should I clean them with anything? I...

Thanks everybody! Erin, I've been keeping a chart of her growth for the past year and a half :-)

We had Shelly out enjoying the very warm So. Cal. afternoon and got a picture to update her growth collage :-) I sure wish it was cooler out, but she's have a great day!

We had quite a bit of rain last week and I wasn't able to take any pics, because I had Shelly's enclosure covered with a tarp. Now that things have dried out a bit I snapped a few shots :) This is her full enclosure. I know it's on the small size for her, but it keeps her safe when I'm not...

Thanks everybody! I'll take some more pics tomorrow morning and post them :-)

Hi All, I'm a little late in posting these, as this was completed in December, but here ya go. This is based on Tom's design and has been working out great! All the framing is done Added sides and the bottom. I didn't have a jigsaw at the house so the front had to wait. The frame...

Hi All!!! Well today was Shelly's monthly weigh in. She's is now 2 1/2 years old and she's been growing like a weed! Here's a pic that I took of her on 2/7/14 in her carrier and then I superimposed a pic I took in July of 2013. So you can see her growth in the last 7 months :-) And...

Looks great! Nice job :-) What did you use for the vinyl flaps? Can't wait to get mine done. Tammie