and we have those darned "water bugs" here too...we use to not have a high population, because at one time we had a great variety of fence lizards (blue belly and such) and great populations of them around our house/property and they would hunt those water bugs down from their day hiding places and such...then a neighbor cut loose two female cats that were not fixed, which turned into 10 cats which turned into 20 cats, well you get it right? So, as time has passed those cats have in turn cleared all gophers and squirrels from the property with their master hunting skills....which was a welcome help...but in turn some birds lost their life along with a large population of the beloved lizards....well, the main mother cat simply failed to show up one day and there after her male offspring have taken up in other yards and spread out, females have followed them off and now we have I believe two to four cats that will linger and they are only minor hunters....so I suspect over the next year or two we may get the lizard population increasing....which in turn will get those darn water bugs back in check....but hopefully the gophers and squirrels will not get the news flash....
Sounds like a great space and I am sure the tortoise will appreciate your work
Lol , sounds horrible i dont really like cats. Cats wont hurt tortoise from what i have read, but i can't trust them. Poor lizards. Do roaches bother or bite your tortoises? And ty for eveything
