Roxie update 1 is located here: http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-Roxie-update#axzz1tkbDQSnz
Not too much excitement going on with Roxie except that spring is here. I did get my electrical line run out to the shed before winter began and the heating system worked quite satisfactorily. The only upgrade I made during the winter was the creation a big, insulated hide box to place within the shed to add an additional layer of insulation to the floor and walls near the corner where she slept.
Luckily/unluckily for Roxie, the weather was good enough to get the weeds growing well in advance of it being good enough for her to really get out much. As a result she's got lots of weeds to chew on, and more than enough to hide in. Maybe next spring she'll be big enough that it won't take me 5+ minutes to find her in the evenings... And now for the pics.
Well-grown tortoise yard:
Roxie hanging out in the weeds of the well-grown yard:
And Roxie:
Not too much excitement going on with Roxie except that spring is here. I did get my electrical line run out to the shed before winter began and the heating system worked quite satisfactorily. The only upgrade I made during the winter was the creation a big, insulated hide box to place within the shed to add an additional layer of insulation to the floor and walls near the corner where she slept.
Luckily/unluckily for Roxie, the weather was good enough to get the weeds growing well in advance of it being good enough for her to really get out much. As a result she's got lots of weeds to chew on, and more than enough to hide in. Maybe next spring she'll be big enough that it won't take me 5+ minutes to find her in the evenings... And now for the pics.
Well-grown tortoise yard:
Roxie hanging out in the weeds of the well-grown yard:
And Roxie:
