Outdoor Accommodation

Sugarplump · 21-06-2016, 04:43 PM

Hi all,

After stalking this forum for quite a while I thought I better make my first post and check with you guys as to whether or not the outdoor area for my Marginated seems ok. Me and my little girl have had 'Tabby' for a few months now and she is around about 1, we have her in a tortoise table inside but have been working on the outdoor enclosure as the weather gets nicer, well i say nicer apart from it keeps chucking it down. The enclosure has no lid as yet so we only put her out when we are in the garden and bring her in when we come in but hoping to get a lid made soon so she can be out more.
Anyways sorry for the long post just wondered if it looked ok? (please be gentle, I'm a newbie) Its about 2.4mts by half a metre but we plan to make it bigger as 'she' grows.

Jan W · 22-06-2016, 05:45 PM

Welcome to the forum.

When you first post it takes a day before it appears for the first few.

It sounds as though you have really thought everything through with the indoor and outdoor pens.

It is looking very attractive, but I will leave the comments to the experts.

My only thought is, does Tabby have access to water?

Sugarplump · 22-06-2016, 06:10 PM

Thanks for the reply Jan.
This picture was taken before we put her in and I can't tell from the pic if this was before we added the water too. The round brown tub with stones in had water added before she went in, then the first thing she did was walk through the water and poop in it.

Suze65 · 22-06-2016, 08:34 PM

It looks great Sharon, you can develope it as your tort grows. Tortoise gardening is such fun.

CherryBrandy · 22-06-2016, 08:49 PM

looks fabulous and that colour would make a fantastic nail varnish colour. welcome to the forum. I thought your post was so nicely worded also. My only observation is the drainage underneath. Good drainage in a soil pen is essential. With that in mind there is nothing worse that a Tortoise sitting on damp anything..bain of most TK's. so perhaps a slate or flat dry surface for bathing, eating off. You should try and track the sun because you will then find where to place the slate or similar as Tortoises will usually sit in the optimum sunning position even angling themselves against the wall or like a sun dial. CB

emma_mcraf · 22-06-2016, 09:52 PM

I remember reading that long and narrow is better than short and wide once (for enclosures obviously

), so for a juvenile I think the enclosure is fine and as the others say, you can adapt as Tabby grows.
You've added a warming area (or tort conservatory as I call mine), shelter in the pots, there'll be further shelter under the plant when it's well established too.
Have you got a slate for Tabby to eat off if the weather improves and she's lucky enough to have breakfast al fresco?
Also a good point regarding drainage from CB. Incidentally I have a nail polish in a similar purple and wear gold glitter over it sometimes and call them my 'Cadbury Nails'.

CherryBrandy · 23-06-2016, 08:06 PM

Always good to know Emma ! Hope all ok with the weather also. a good tester for enclosures depending where you live !

Stellanne · 24-06-2016, 05:57 PM

Nail varnish...... Yep I agree Emma....and if you get some goals in the dark top coat....well, just imagine...
However back to sugarplumps enclosure... It does look great and the fun part is the developing as ideas take place X X. Hugs X X

emma_mcraf · 24-06-2016, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Stellanne

Nail varnish...... Yep I agree Emma....and if you get some goals in the dark top coat....well, just imagine...
However back to sugarplumps enclosure... It does look great and the fun part is the developing as ideas take place X X. Hugs X X

Eh - goals? Am I missing something?

CherryBrandy · 25-06-2016, 02:31 PM

my lot are soaked. Hope the purple enclosure held up ! Is the Tort in there yet?

May be its predictive text Emma...! translated I think it means wear a jacket in the rain when picking weeds....!

21-06-2016, 04:43 PM	#1
Sugarplump Junior Member Egg Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 11	Outdoor Accommodation Hi all, After stalking this forum for quite a while I thought I better make my first post and check with you guys as to whether or not the outdoor area for my Marginated seems ok. Me and my little girl have had 'Tabby' for a few months now and she is around about 1, we have her in a tortoise table inside but have been working on the outdoor enclosure as the weather gets nicer, well i say nicer apart from it keeps chucking it down. The enclosure has no lid as yet so we only put her out when we are in the garden and bring her in when we come in but hoping to get a lid made soon so she can be out more. Anyways sorry for the long post just wondered if it looked ok? (please be gentle, I'm a newbie) Its about 2.4mts by half a metre but we plan to make it bigger as 'she' grows.

22-06-2016, 05:45 PM	#2
Jan W Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Hampshire Posts: 1,400	Welcome to the forum. When you first post it takes a day before it appears for the first few. It sounds as though you have really thought everything through with the indoor and outdoor pens. It is looking very attractive, but I will leave the comments to the experts. My only thought is, does Tabby have access to water? __________________ Jan Horsfields - Bertie & Beatrice

22-06-2016, 08:34 PM	#4
Suze65 Senior Member Adult Join Date: May 2012 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 6,769	It looks great Sharon, you can develope it as your tort grows. Tortoise gardening is such fun. __________________ Suze. 3 THB, Sammy, Jemima, & Phoebe 7 Marginated, Tabitha, Ptolome, Tatiana, Noah,Lottey, Lulu & Poppy 1 TGG (Emma) RIP Feb 2012

22-06-2016, 08:49 PM	#5
CherryBrandy Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: SE England Posts: 4,262	looks fabulous and that colour would make a fantastic nail varnish colour. welcome to the forum. I thought your post was so nicely worded also. My only observation is the drainage underneath. Good drainage in a soil pen is essential. With that in mind there is nothing worse that a Tortoise sitting on damp anything..bain of most TK's. so perhaps a slate or flat dry surface for bathing, eating off. You should try and track the sun because you will then find where to place the slate or similar as Tortoises will usually sit in the optimum sunning position even angling themselves against the wall or like a sun dial. CB __________________ Horsfields, Spur Thighed, & Marginata

22-06-2016, 09:52 PM	#6
emma_mcraf Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 11,365	I remember reading that long and narrow is better than short and wide once (for enclosures obviously ), so for a juvenile I think the enclosure is fine and as the others say, you can adapt as Tabby grows. You've added a warming area (or tort conservatory as I call mine), shelter in the pots, there'll be further shelter under the plant when it's well established too. Have you got a slate for Tabby to eat off if the weather improves and she's lucky enough to have breakfast al fresco? Also a good point regarding drainage from CB. Incidentally I have a nail polish in a similar purple and wear gold glitter over it sometimes and call them my 'Cadbury Nails'. __________________ Emma Testudo Hermanni 5.12.2:Theo, Tamara, Tabitha, Harriet, Isabelle, Clara, Oscar, Hugo, Oliver, Florence, Arabella, Esmé, Aurelia, Felicia, Claudia, Atticus, Celestia, Amaris, Tristan and Clementine Budgies: Jasper, Ivo, Otis, Henry, Louie and Luca Doggies: 1.1.0 Chester and Lottie

22-06-2016, 06:10 PM	#3
Sugarplump Junior Member Egg Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 11	Thanks for the reply Jan. This picture was taken before we put her in and I can't tell from the pic if this was before we added the water too. The round brown tub with stones in had water added before she went in, then the first thing she did was walk through the water and poop in it.

23-06-2016, 08:06 PM	#7
CherryBrandy Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: SE England Posts: 4,262	Always good to know Emma ! Hope all ok with the weather also. a good tester for enclosures depending where you live ! __________________ Horsfields, Spur Thighed, & Marginata

24-06-2016, 05:57 PM	#8
Stellanne Member Hatchling Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 686	Nail varnish...... Yep I agree Emma....and if you get some goals in the dark top coat....well, just imagine... However back to sugarplumps enclosure... It does look great and the fun part is the developing as ideas take place X X. Hugs X X

25-06-2016, 02:31 PM	#10
CherryBrandy Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: SE England Posts: 4,262	my lot are soaked. Hope the purple enclosure held up ! Is the Tort in there yet? May be its predictive text Emma...! translated I think it means wear a jacket in the rain when picking weeds....! __________________ Horsfields, Spur Thighed, & Marginata

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