beakylauren
New Member
Hello y’all!!
I am from Houston, TX and my family and I are looking to get some beautiful manourias! Yay!
But I’ve been doing research all day for the past few days and still have so many questions I’m having difficulties finding the answer to.
For now I’ll just ask a few basic questions I have:
For 3 adult mee/meps what is the minimum outdoor enclosure size AND shed size?
We have a beautiful forested area where we will build their enclosure, and we want to make it bigger than the recommended size but I cannot find what that would actually be! Even though there might not be an exact “minimum,” in your definitely more educated opinions than mine ? what would you recommend?
For the “minimum size” of the shed, would the outdoor enclosure “minimum” size include the heated shed? In short, what would you recommend for enclosure & shed sizes ?
During the super hot, super cold, or thunder stormy days, should I still let the tortoises have an option to go outside, or should I keep them inside the shed? If I keep them inside for that day, or week (if the weather is bad for a whole week) would I need to include a linear uvb in the shed as well because they didn’t get sun those days?
Sometimes it’ll get 105F, would that mean I also would need to install a cooler or something similar in the insulated shed, or would the insulation keep it cool enough. Would I turn off the heater on hot days?
Thank you all for the help on this awesome forum! I have so many little picky questions?, but I just want to make sure everything is great for the beautiful tortoises! ☀️?
I am from Houston, TX and my family and I are looking to get some beautiful manourias! Yay!
But I’ve been doing research all day for the past few days and still have so many questions I’m having difficulties finding the answer to.
For now I’ll just ask a few basic questions I have:
For 3 adult mee/meps what is the minimum outdoor enclosure size AND shed size?
We have a beautiful forested area where we will build their enclosure, and we want to make it bigger than the recommended size but I cannot find what that would actually be! Even though there might not be an exact “minimum,” in your definitely more educated opinions than mine ? what would you recommend?
For the “minimum size” of the shed, would the outdoor enclosure “minimum” size include the heated shed? In short, what would you recommend for enclosure & shed sizes ?
During the super hot, super cold, or thunder stormy days, should I still let the tortoises have an option to go outside, or should I keep them inside the shed? If I keep them inside for that day, or week (if the weather is bad for a whole week) would I need to include a linear uvb in the shed as well because they didn’t get sun those days?
Sometimes it’ll get 105F, would that mean I also would need to install a cooler or something similar in the insulated shed, or would the insulation keep it cool enough. Would I turn off the heater on hot days?
Thank you all for the help on this awesome forum! I have so many little picky questions?, but I just want to make sure everything is great for the beautiful tortoises! ☀️?