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I thought about using some kind of epoxy; would definitely seal the concrete. I still have a can of Pond Armor somewhere. My only concern would be making the pond too slick for my torts to get out of, so I'd have to make the entrance/exit REALLY shallow.

Awesome pic! Thanks for info. I'm up in Cincy, will get crackin' on mine as soon as it thaws out around here....

I'm curious as to how this is holding up? I've seen some other how-tos describe a thinset/mortar mix layer over top of the concrete to make it water-tight. Have you found that to be necessary?

One of my Reds has had a whistle for at least 7 of her 8+ years. If she had it prior to that, I didn't notice, probably due to her smaller hatchling size. Two things to note here: one, she's never had any other RI symptoms, and two, her cage mate of the last 5+ years has never had any RI...

Trust me my first one was pretty sad lol. I imagine the climate in TX gives you a lot of options though.

Trust me I'm already regretting it, especially when I had to attach the top roof lol. And on the occasion that I do need to take them out, the hide box is almost too deep for me to reach them at the back. But I manage. I can crawl thru the entire cage if I need to. Worst case scenario for...

I'm open to suggestions for improvement. I assume someone will mention the view they have out of the pen, but it hasn't affected them either in this one or the last iteration.

The hardest part was finishing the top side. I had to lay under it to do many of the ties and adjustments of the rails. I added some cypress mulch-soil mix in. For the first time since i moved out of Florida, they are sleeping outside at night. They seem to be enjoying it.

Started framing out the top side, started with a 4x4ft gap in 2 corners for access hatches. Also back-filled the enclosure with top soil to nearly level, and started some planting. So far I've got plantain weeds, dandelions, grape, hardy hibiscus (Rose of Sharon) and spider plants. Also built...

Decided to make the enclosure about 2 1/2 feet tall so it doesn't obstruct our view of the yard from the patio. All of the posts are set in concrete.

A guy on Craigslist gave me this lightly used vinyl-coated chain link fence fabric for free, and after asking around, decided this was safe enough to use with the torts. Also, using chain link materials, I would be able to create a custom-sized enclosure a little easier.

A view of the wall and my partially finished patio from above.

When I first moved back to KY in 2016, I had a very primitive indoors set-up for my pair of rapidly growing redfoots. I spent that first winter and the subsequent spring and summer building a huge insulated box in my garage for them. Had to take a break after that for other house projects, but...

Hey all, finally getting around to finishing my outdoor RedFoot enclosure now that it's warming up. I'm going to use chain-link fencing in conjunction with a stone wall in order to make this thing predator proof. I have an opportunity to acquire some vinyl-coated green chain link fence fabric...