natural enclosure

[lemondog]

The burrow is 10 ft. long and 6 ft deep,he seems to be done digging (for now)

 

[Tortoise]

The burrow is 10 ft. long and 6 ft deep,he seems to be done digging (for now)

Wow! What species did that? A sulcatta?
How long did it take?

Louise

 

[lemondog]

The burrow is 10 ft. long and 6 ft deep,he seems to be done digging (for now)

Wow! What species did that? A sulcatta?
How long did it take?

Louise

Its a 8 year old 40# sulcata I dug half of it he dug the rest in 3 weeks

 

[lemondog]

This is the home of scoutt, 8 year old salcata, the hole is 10 ft. long and 6ft. deep, he has quit digging for now , really hot here 105-118 daytime temp. 80-90 nighttime temp.

 

[Laura]

make sure it doesnt collapse or flood... if he goes down there and cant get out, or its too cold,, can you get him out?

 

[Torty Mom]

Holy cow, that is HUGE!!

 

[wrmitchell22]

Thats pretty cool

 

[lemondog]

make sure it doesnt collapse or flood... if he goes down there and cant get out, or its too cold,, can you get him out?

The first 4 or 5 ft, of the enclosure I can get to in secs. No way of it colapsing it has t least 6 ft. of top soil here, he is probably going to spend the winter in there to, ave winter temp. here is 50 night 70-75 day..

 

[Yvonne G]

Wow, Glen! Looks like Scout is making himself right at home!

 

[Tortoise]

This is the home of scoutt, 8 year old salcata, the hole is 10 ft. long and 6ft. deep, he has quit digging for now , really hot here 105-118 daytime temp. 80-90 nighttime temp.

Scoutt looks great, I bet he enjoyed his excavating-be cool to see a big tortoise like that in action-I love those guys, so impressive!
maybe someone put something on UTUBE?

 

[ascott]

I love a great burrow I have a question though, in pic two, is that a pvc irrigation line I see towards the left of the pic? Awesome entrance cover as well

 

[lemondog]

I love a great burrow I have a question though, in pic two, is that a pvc irrigation line I see towards the left of the pic? Awesome entrance cover as well

Yes that is a line for my lawn sprinklers, glad he went under it instead of through it.

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

I love a great burrow I have a question though, in pic two, is that a pvc irrigation line I see towards the left of the pic? Awesome entrance cover as well

Yes that is a line for my lawn sprinklers, glad he went under it instead of through it.

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[Jacob]

Now Thats A Burrow, Awesome...
Thanks For Sharing

 

[ascott]

Hi Lemondog, the only reason I asked about the irrigation line in the pic is that I use to work at a wildlife/camping park, at this park there is a healthy population of gophers and squirrels, which both live in burrows...now the problem with the burrows is that if any type of water gets down into that open space/albeit a burrow, and then cold air follows we would have broken waterlines...and live broken/cracked irrigation lines can cause a bit of water flow...so my question was simply of concern is all....I don't know exactly where you live (winter temps/rain and the combination of the two) to know if you are subject to relatively cold/wet in the winter months or not...I imagine if so you likely shut down your irrigation during the winter months....

 

[Fernando]

wow very cool!

 

[Tccarolina]

You should hire him out for tunneling work!

 

[lynnedit]

Yes, I need a short tunnel for some electric work. Does he hire out?

 

[lemondog]

Hi Lemondog, the only reason I asked about the irrigation line in the pic is that I use to work at a wildlife/camping park, at this park there is a healthy population of gophers and squirrels, which both live in burrows...now the problem with the burrows is that if any type of water gets down into that open space/albeit a burrow, and then cold air follows we would have broken waterlines...and live broken/cracked irrigation lines can cause a bit of water flow...so my question was simply of concern is all....I don't know exactly where you live (winter temps/rain and the combination of the two) to know if you are subject to relatively cold/wet in the winter months or not...I imagine if so you likely shut down your irrigation during the winter months....

Actually I dont live far from you, I am in Indio ca. It got pretty cold this winter 19 degrees one night which is very unusual, we get about 2 in of rain a year, I put the A frame over the hole to keep the water out, in fact my sprinkler water doent even go in, I do hose the inside of the borrow once a week to keep the humidity up

 

[ascott]

Oh yeah, you don't live too far from here

I think I explained my concern wrong, sorry? I was referring to what a bunch of water would do if that pvc line broke/cracked during inclement weather...I don't know how deep that line is in relation to where your guy is? You know what I mean...? After working where I did I had to constantly repair broken/cracked irrigation lines and witnessed the flooding that happens when the lines are damaged plus...I am a huge worry wart, so I was just OCD'ing when I saw the line....I did not mean any harm LOL... really

That is an awesome burrow...that is for certain