I kinda figured shocking them wasn't a good idea. I let her move herself from one side of the enclosure, without the heat bulb, to the other. It took her about an hour, and then about an hour after she did that she had a nice soak.
So far the concrete is sunken in the ground to deter the other burrowing animals we have around here and to hold the posts we're using to temporarily board in the space. Depending how long the rest of the yard takes I will be reinforcing with blocks because this little thing is strong!
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Thank you so much Tom! I will look at all of those right now. The idea behind pouring concrete now was so they could grow into it. With young kids, I have the time now, so we're doing it because we might not have time later on.
She only roams the house during the day if she's not outside and only because I won't put the two together, it's currently 73 in the house right now. But yes I need to figure something out for nights. I will look up those threads. Thank you for the direction!
Torterra, yes my 10 year old Pokemon obsessed son named her, has been with us for about a month now. History mostly unknown as the person we got her from couldn't even tell if she was female (she is) and we are guessing, of course that's a complete shot in the dark, at about 5 years old, she's...