This is my new sulcata Fluffy

[BrinnANDTorts]

This is Fluffy
He is around four years old
He is a male lol
I got him from a middle school science teacher that had him donated to him by a family, he already had another male that he raised from a baby that was around five years old so he couldn't really keep both. ​

This is the shed I built him
Its 4 x 4 and 2 feet tall
Thats my sister in the enclosure helping me
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This is the enclosure that I fenced in for Fluffy
I braced the bottom with lumber ​

This is me and Fluffy for size comparison ​

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Great photo's! Congrats!

 

[jaizei]

Looks great.

What are you doing this weekend? I could use a new outdoor enclosure.

 

[dmmj]

Looks like fluffy is already checking out what is on the other side.
Great pics.

 

[Nay]

It looks great! Good job,
I laughed when I read your sister was in the enclosure helping you and it was right next to the photo of the house with the dog in it!!!
I'm sorry , that could be taken to be mean!! But honestly it was not!
I like the tag idea. someone else was just asking about that, and it seems you could really read that one, without getting too close. (For those people who would be scared if they saw a tort walking down the street!) Did someone have to drill a hole to attach it? Seems like it might be worth it
Thanks for posting!
Nay

 

[BrinnANDTorts]

Looks like fluffy is already checking out what is on the other side.
Great pics.

Yes, it was kinda disappointing that as soon as he was in the enclosure he wanted out Grass is always greenier on the other side lol

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It looks great! Good job,
I laughed when I read your sister was in the enclosure helping you and it was right next to the photo of the house with the dog in it!!!
I'm sorry , that could be taken to be mean!! But honestly it was not!
I like the tag idea. someone else was just asking about that, and it seems you could really read that one, without getting too close. (For those people who would be scared if they saw a tort walking down the street!) Did someone have to drill a hole to attach it? Seems like it might be worth it
Thanks for posting!
Nay

haha thats funny the dog thing. That dog is Milo my hairless chihuahua
The tag was on there when I got him , the previous owner drilled the hole and attached it so I am not sure how he did that but I can ask him.

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Looks great.

What are you doing this weekend? I could use a new outdoor enclosure.

I am so tired from building this one by myself I cant move my arms haha
I pulled up all those t posts by hand and I drove them all back into the ground . Stretched that fence and everything by hand haha I am so glad its done and hopefully escape proof so that I don't have to touch another t post for a long time

 

[dmarcus]

I thought fluffy was a little guy until the pictures next to your feet, he is a very good looking guy. It will sound funny calling him fluffy when hes a 100+ pounds...

 

[pdrobber]

that's awesome! it shows that you really care about him!

 

[BrinnANDTorts]

I thought fluffy was a little guy until the pictures next to your feet, he is a very good looking guy. It will sound funny calling him fluffy when hes a 100+ pounds...

I am considering changing his name but everyone in the house has starting calling him Fluffy so now I am thinking its too late. The off name is stuck lol

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that's awesome! it shows that you really care about him!

its been awesome having him around he is in the house a lot of the times with me because I am slowly getting him use to the oustide and his shed before I start leaving him out there all day and night. He is use to roaming around a class room so when he goes outside he gets a little crazy and just runs around everywhere. He hates being stuck in the fenced in area He is always walking the boundary , it makes me feel like the enclosure is too small for him

 

[l0velesly]

Fluffy looks great! He looks curious in those pics!

 

[Yvonne G]

And not one single comment about someone drilling a hole in Fluffy's carapace to attach an I.D. tag. 'Course, its water under the bridge now, because its already been done. But please, anyone reading this: don't drill holes in your tortoises' shells.

You lucked out with Fluffy. He's a nice-looking sulcata. And you've done a pretty nice job on the enclosure.

 

[BrinnANDTorts]

And not one single comment about someone drilling a hole in Fluffy's carapace to attach an I.D. tag. 'Course, its water under the bridge now, because its already been done. But please, anyone reading this: don't drill holes in your tortoises' shells.

You lucked out with Fluffy. He's a nice-looking sulcata. And you've done a pretty nice job on the enclosure.

No people Maggie said something in the thread on the sulcata part of the forum just so u know I got him that way... I didn't do that.
Thanks , I worked really hard on his enclosure I got him for free too so I was extremely happy

 

[Tom]

He really is a looker. You will have many happy years with him. If you get some cheap thin plywood and cut it into 16" strips you will get 24' of fence covered per sheet. Once you tack it all up to your fence, he'll start to settle down and not be so crazed to get out. Its not the size of your enclosure, its the nature of your beast.

 

[ShadowRancher]

Yay he gets his own thread, he really is awesome...I was wondering if the hole wasn't a good thing but I didn't want to make you sad, so I just mentioned the silver lining I'm sure it's old and healed and he'll be fine now. I love walkingrock's tag, that's really cool.

Good luck, hope he settles down once you block his view

 

[BrinnANDTorts]

He really is a looker. You will have many happy years with him. If you get some cheap thin plywood and cut it into 16" strips you will get 24' of fence covered per sheet. Once you tack it all up to your fence, he'll start to settle down and not be so crazed to get out. Its not the size of your enclosure, its the nature of your beast.

Thank you for the advice I don't know how I didn't think of that lol, thats much better than using those thick boards. I think its good I used them to brace the bottom but it would be very hard to use the to block his view too. plywood cut up will work much better

 

[Tom]

You could also use cinder blocks or slumpstone blocks. That's what I use. You should only need to go two high for your little man. At least for a while. You could even put them in OR outside the current fence.

 

[Tony the tank]

 

[Laura]

i think you are going to need to go higher with the lumber and reinforce it.
I used concrete foundation stakes to support my boards..
You mentioned neighborhood dogs. if Fluffy is trying to get out and has a leg or head thru the fencing.. and a dog comes along.. i think you will have issues...
but nice size pen.. great start!