Getting a drink

[Berkeley]

I was watering the pens yesterday, and freshened up drinking pools and ponds. These two wandered over to see what all the commotion was about, and I thought it was a good photo opportunity.



Enjoy!
--Berkeley

 

[stojanovski92113]

Stunning tortoises!!! What a great shot? How old are they?

 

[keepergale]

Nice. That is a real natural looking pen. It puts mine to shame.
Nice tortoises as well


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[Berkeley]

Thanks guys! One is 6 and the other is 8. I wish there was more grass for them (well, all the turtles), but the ground is really hardpacked clay and it just doesn't grow well.

Thanks for the comments.
--Berkeley

 

[bigred]

Very nice, mine always perk up when I water the pen and drink out of the mud puddles as well. Good looking torts

 

[Berkeley]

Thanks bigred! I have enjoyed seeing the photos of your tortoises as well. Great animals!
--Berkeley

 

[coastal]

Pretty cool picture, and nice setup they're in too!

 

[bigred]

Thanks bigred! I have enjoyed seeing the photos of your tortoises as well. Great animals!
--Berkeley

Well thank you, I need to expand my enclosure for my radiated. They are getting BIGGER

 

[Berkeley]

Thanks John- I take great pride in making naturalistic enclosures.

bigred, yes, it never ends! Ha ha! I just expanded my radiated enclosure this last winter, it was time.
--Berkeley

 

[Carol S]

Beautiful tortoises!

 

[TigsMom]

Absolutely beautiful! The pen and your torts!

 

[Tommytianyu]

nice environment

 

[Berkeley]

Thanks for the compliments, Carol, TigsMom and Tommytianyu. I'm glad you enjoyed the photo!

 

[bouaboua]

Nice shot, nice torts.

 

[Abdulla6169]

Pretty tortoises!

 

[Abdulla6169]

Thanks guys! One is 6 and the other is 8. I wish there was more grass for them (well, all the turtles), but the ground is really hardpacked clay and it just doesn't grow well.

Thanks for the comments.
--Berkeley

Maybe you can get a Rubbermaid tote, something like this:

And make holes at the bottom, and fill it with some good soil to grow grass in?

 

[Berkeley]

Thanks bouaboua and AbdullaAli, much appreciated.

I've thought about getting little totes like that, AA. Where are those available? Are they online? I'll have to do some searching. I do have several big Rubbermaid stock tanks (150-300 gallon) that I have some grass growing in that I can rotate some of the smaller tortoises into and out of. I just wish that I had soil conducive to growing grass in their yards so that they could graze freely, rather than for a couple of hours whenever I have a chance to put them into the stock tanks.

--Berkeley

 

[Abdulla6169]

Thanks bouaboua and AbdullaAli, much appreciated.

I've thought about getting little totes like that, AA. Where are those available? Are they online? I'll have to do some searching. I do have several big Rubbermaid stock tanks (150-300 gallon) that I have some grass growing in that I can rotate some of the smaller tortoises into and out of. I just wish that I had soil conducive to growing grass in their yards so that they could graze freely, rather than for a couple of hours whenever I have a chance to put them into the stock tanks.

--Berkeley

You can buy them. You can use Rubbermaid containers & Christmas tree storage boxes. You can buy them online. I think you can buy some good topsoil, and place the container in the ground to grow some grass.
Here is a site I found:
http://www.neatlysmart.com/catalog/item.aspx?sku=24433&gclid=CNeb4MXNtboCFWtk7AodcSAA_A