RV's yard

[RV's mom]

So we filled in the burrow... The 'dirt' is actually very degraded stone.

the stone'fill next to our soil

we had the sod spaced apart, so the bermuda would grow between - we also put down grass mix/ flowers/ weeds throughout the sod and between.. hoping for lots of growth for a hungry tort

and speaking of tort, RV chased me all over the yard, convinced I had food for her... (she'll get a carrot in a little while)

and here is the mound covering her burrow. Some will still sink in. We caved in some of the burrow, and then washed down quite a bit of fill with the hose. RV doesn't mind that it is there, and gives her something to climb on if she feels the need. Come summer it will be hot, so we may have to cover it with sod also. perfect for Halloween - just needs the tombstone.. hah!

since we leveled the east side of the yard with this stuff, we may have to put down more sod so the yard isn't as hot. hmmm. wasn't thinking about that when we put it down.

anyway, thanks for looking!

teri

 

[wellington]

Looks great, so does RV

 

[nicoleandrocky]

Wow, this is really cool, RV seems to like all the attention =)

 

[l0velesly]

RV looks perfect and his yard looks great!

 

[ascott]

Looks good...nice job . May I ask why to burrow destruction?

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Looks nice!

 

[RV's mom]

Looks good...nice job . May I ask why to burrow destruction?

It came to pass that RV wasn't able to get out of the burrow - it became too steep and she was digging steps instead of leveling the grade. We didn't see her for a couple of days in the summer - not unusual since she went below during the heat of the day. We became concerned though, and pulled the cover from over the entrance . . . We found RV digging around the outer part of the tunnel, trying to dig her way out, since she couldn't climb out. We had to take the hose and put it under her back end, and help hoist her out. Also, we found the ceiling was coming down in chunks, so we deemed it unfit and condemned the property....... It was boarded over for a year, and finally, finally filled in.

You can call me a worrywart, but I didn't favor having to go down and try for a tort rescue, should the thing have decided to cave. I've enough gray hair.....

 

[hoodiemonk]

Great pic. RV has a lot of space. Looks happy!

 

[ascott]

Ahhh...totally understand. I have one guy here that has a great burrow but have in the past had to demo a couple due to collapse risks....I just hate doing it but totally will if the need arises....

 

[ChiKat]

It looks great, and so does she!!!

 

[Momof4]

Now thats tortoise heaven. I love how you spaced the sod.

 

[cemmons12]

RV is such a beauty!

 

[Tom]

I'm very curious to see what happens with the sod and bermuda now. It will be interesting to see how it all fills in.

I sure love that big girl...

 

[Yvonne G]

You can call me a worrywart, but I didn't favor having to go down and try for a tort rescue, should the thing have decided to cave. I've enough gray hair.....

Sounds like a job for Tunnel-man Tom!!

 

[Jacqui]

To bad, you could plant something in between the sod pieces that were a different color leaf. Could look really pretty.

 

[Tom]

You can call me a worrywart, but I didn't favor having to go down and try for a tort rescue, should the thing have decided to cave. I've enough gray hair.....

Sounds like a job for Tunnel-man Tom!!

Just an interesting side note... Apparently the burrows frequently collapse in the wild. The author of the book knew of no tortoise ever dying from that. They appear to be able to dig themselves out.

 

[RV's mom]

To bad, you could plant something in between the sod pieces that were a different color leaf. Could look really pretty.

the bermuda is coming up fine between, and we've spread grass seeds, flower an weed seeds. picts later on when the place is a raging jungle (I can dream...)

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You can call me a worrywart, but I didn't favor having to go down and try for a tort rescue, should the thing have decided to cave. I've enough gray hair.....

Sounds like a job for Tunnel-man Tom!!

Just an interesting side note... Apparently the burrows frequently collapse in the wild. The author of the book knew of no tortoise ever dying from that. They appear to be able to dig themselves out.

we'd not seen her for some days before we went looking.. I don't know how long she'd been digging trying to get out. but it's done now, no going back...

 

[Angi]

Very cool torty yatd

 

[Morty the Torty]

What type of sod are you using?

 

[RV's mom]

free stuff. It's rye, but we have bermuda underneath, and I'm really hoping it will take over the rye ...