Outdoor enclosure

[Ben02]

Hi,

Does any one have any good tips on making a tortoise outdoor enclosure? It’s for my 3 9 month olds and they have outgrown their old one. I need to get some wire mesh as they are small enough for birds to get them. And they are good diggers and nearly escaped their old one by helping each other dig a ditch under the wall. A bit like The Great escape


Thank you

 

[Travick]

The question is rather what material you have around.

 

[Ben02]

You name it I can get it

 

[CarolM]

Ben, did you make your outdoor enclosure yet?

 

[Ben02]

Not yet, still planning it. It’s gonna be an ultimate tort run!!!

 

[CarolM]

Not yet, still planning it. It’s gonna be an ultimate tort run!!!

Aahh. Okay. Well then here is a tip. Make sure you bury your fencing quite deep and maybe put some underground wire on the inside for about a cm or two or ten, that is make a lip but under the ground. That way if they dig, they will hit the wire. And then give your fence a lip at the top as well that way it should be difficult for them to climb over.

 

[Ben02]

Aahh. Okay. Well then here is a tip. Make sure you bury your fencing quite deep and maybe put some underground wire on the inside for about a cm or two or ten, that is make a lip but under the ground. That way if they dig, they will hit the wire. And then give your fence a lip at the top as well that way it should be difficult for them to climb over.

Thank you for the tip carol, they can be pesky little buggers

 

[CarolM]

Thank you for the tip carol, they can be pesky little buggers

They sure do like to keep us on our toes.