Half plant pots lying on their sides can make good hides / areas of shade,
Always great to keep the costs down!almost done with the walls of the enclosure its half cement slabs and half mud/rock walls that are really sturdy and this all cost me $0 so far the cement slabs are from our yard
if you make it too small your tort will spend all his time trying to escape because they are wandering animals and cover a lot of ground in their daily lives. Also a lot of websites may differ in their information but this is the most up to date website there is so I would always follow the advice given here.oh and i have looked at many websites like 13 and 11 of them sow that 2 x4 is the min for an adult russian one even had some thing like 10 x the length 5 times the with and 3 times the hight so im still not sure but i am still gating a young russian so if the setup im going to do ( the 50 gal and my current combined ) is good for a juvenile then i will work my way up but keep in mind the out door enclosure witch is going to be big but not to big and is mostly for day if i have it by the time i get the tort witch might be ether next month or after new years
the water got full of mud that day it is clear when i put water in it now but i might add another water bowl if i can use a lid from the house that where not useing will that work and the walls dont crumble i was testing them this morning and they are strong but i do need higher walls it gets more sun in the mornings than after noon like 9-12 is prime sun time and some in the late after-noon but i might ad a lamp if it needs more light