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Great pic.
I'll definitely do some landscaping. Always inspiring seeing other enclosures and as we started with a blank canvas on the new ones this year there's no better time to keep improving.
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I'm putting down some more pea gravel, but should I have some limestone too. Excuse my ignorance, not aware of the difference, so will need to check this out at the garden centre. My 2 definitely like to bury themselves in the soil area and also enjoy the dappled shade from the plants.
Security- I haven't put a lock on the door as round here this seems to give people the impression there is something worth breaking open. Still a bit unsure though. IF anyone opens the outhouse door, then the dangly tin hearts make quite a noise and I can hear them from my bedroom. So far so good. Also the tortoise area can only be seen if someone is trespassing and they would have to climb a fence and go through a gate. Is a worry though. Love the latest picture.
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It's great that this has given some inspiration. I'm certainly no expert, but it just makes sense to me to try to replicate the natural habitat. One thing that did concern me with Jerry living outside and grazing naturally was whether he'd get enough calcium. (I dust his food with nutrobal and limestone flour when he's indoors, like most of us.) So when I added the substrate to the enclosure I also added 15kg of Limestone flour. Any weed and plant growing in there now should be naturally high in calcium. The limestone chips and rocks should also leach calcium into the soil when it rains and he also has his cuttlebone....Jan, the chippings I use are called Cotswold Buff.
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I think its brilliant keith, lots more pickies needed too as its always good to see different ideas and catering for different species. I do like seeing my little margies roam the grass though and think I am a little selfish as I don't plant on the grass but I do have lots of little obstacles for them to run round. They don't bury like Jerry but I will add limeflour to the lawn and other areas as that is excellent thought and very natural, CB
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Thanks Jerry for limestone info.
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Keith's habitat for Jerry is a great unit. It can be picked up and taken to a new site and has everything Jerry needs to make his own choices which is so important to his welfare.
This is a better though-out and executed idea for keeping a small tortoise than any of the commercially available things that I've seen. Yes a larger tortoise would eat all the food plants and trash the whole place within a day! But that's not the point, this is intended for a wee one. I've not had problems with my tortoises eating stones. I'm looking forward to seeing what Keith comes up with for Jerry when he gets a bit bigger.
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I have a few who are determined to eat small stones, so I do have to be careful not to use small stones. But I love Jerrys enclosure.
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