Can I set our garden as my hatchling sulcata's permanent habitat ? Summer is coming and I live seaside and humidity reaches 80%-90% and temps rise up to 50C during summer.
Permanent outdoor enclosure ?
- Thread starter tortoiseowner101
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Yes.
I prefer to raise them mostly indoors for the first year or so. I put hatchlings in a safe outdoor enclosure for about an hour a day for exercise, sun and grazing. As they gain size, I leave them out longer and longer. Once they are 5-6" I leave them out all day, but bring them in at night for sleeping. Once they hit 8-10" I make them a proper shelter and let them live outside full time. Teir shelter keeps them dry on rainy days and warm on cool nights. Because I shut the door it also keeps them safe and secure at night. Here are two ways to make a good shelter:
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-66867.html
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-86632.html
You will also have to make an area for your tortoise to cool down and escape the heat on those 50 C degree days. An underground burrow works best for this.
Here is my favorite way to do this: http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-28662.html
Here is a care sheet if you need it: http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-79895.html
And a diet sheet: http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-76744.html
I prefer to raise them mostly indoors for the first year or so. I put hatchlings in a safe outdoor enclosure for about an hour a day for exercise, sun and grazing. As they gain size, I leave them out longer and longer. Once they are 5-6" I leave them out all day, but bring them in at night for sleeping. Once they hit 8-10" I make them a proper shelter and let them live outside full time. Teir shelter keeps them dry on rainy days and warm on cool nights. Because I shut the door it also keeps them safe and secure at night. Here are two ways to make a good shelter:
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-66867.html
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-86632.html
You will also have to make an area for your tortoise to cool down and escape the heat on those 50 C degree days. An underground burrow works best for this.
Here is my favorite way to do this: http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-28662.html
Here is a care sheet if you need it: http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-79895.html
And a diet sheet: http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-76744.html
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