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    Enclosure with a hill

    I know this was a long time coming but here is the final video time lapse of the complete building of my box turtle enclosure.
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    Enclosure with a hill

    Here’s a sneak peak. I did all this with time lapse photos, so I’m going to try and get a video together soon!
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    Enclosure with a hill

    Here’s most of my bricks that I’ve been working on this week. It’s a bunch!
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    Female Panhandle Gulf Coast

    Gorgeous!
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    Kentucky Reptile Expo (KRE)

    I was wondering if anyone had gone to this and were there any turtles/tortoises? Any info on the site about KRE is at least 4 years old. Just curious, as I’m probably 4 hours from Lexington and I wouldn’t want to waste my time if it was just snakes & lizards. Shane
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    Enclosure with a hill

    Well my son and I picked up 72 retaining wall bricks and 37 cap stones. Each brick weighs 42 lbs. Including the cap stones we unloaded 4,400 lbs. I’m looking forward to getting started on the enclosure this next week!
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    Eye color

    Beautiful pictures!!
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    Enclosure with a hill

    So, if I go with this retaining brick, I will do 2 stacks and then the capstone. The capstone is another 3” so the height will total out at 15 inches. I’m trying to figure out how many bricks to order. So this is me “thinking out loud.” My pen will be roughly 15’x20’. Thats a perimeter of...
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    Intro from KY

    I’m pretty sure that wasn’t me, lol. Thank you for the welcome!
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    Enclosure with a hill

    I’m thinking about going with these retaining bricks. They are half price and are 16” long by 6” tall. I figured I could stack them 3 high, alternate the spacing and maybe even put the corresponding cap stone on it. Thoughts?
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    Enclosure with a hill

    It’s probably not the easiest to see but there are gutters on the roof. You can probably see a downspout on the far left. The plumbing was something done before we ever moved here. It would be non functional now, as water is no longer routed to this garage. I will be either getting rid of...
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    Enclosure with a hill

    Well I went out and took a few measurements. That way you all can get a better idea of the space. My thought is to extend it another 5 feet on length and width. That would make it approx. 15’x19’. By extending the width, I’ll have a much better view from my house and they will get more sun.
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    Intro from KY

    Hi all, I have just recently joined and look forward to being a part of the group. Although I am new here, I am not new to turtles and tortoises. I grew up in the Bay Area in the 80’s and my family were members of the Sacramento Turtle and Tortoise club. At one time we had 50 turtles and...
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    Enclosure with a hill

    I went to Lowe’s and Home Depot today to look around. I did find the dog eared pickets, like in the above picture. We don’t have redwood in my area. I grew up in CA so I know how nice that would be. They had cedar and then some that wasn’t labeled, so probably just pine. I looked at...
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    Enclosure with a hill

    This is the area I’m looking at. It’s hard to see the fullness of the slope. Hopefully other pictures help. This is on the hill looking down at the area I’m talking about. This is a little more of a ground level view. This is backed away from it some to see a little further the layout...
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