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Old 20-07-2015, 09:39 PM   #11
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Thank you everyone. Like Sandy said, I would like a few more plants. I have ordered some weed seeds though that I am planning to put in there too.
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Old 20-07-2015, 10:00 PM   #12
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It's looking awful good Tatty xx
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Old 20-07-2015, 10:13 PM   #13
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Aw really cute x
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Old 20-07-2015, 10:33 PM   #14
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Looks like one of Scott's creations at Riverside Hutches, top bloke, highly recommended..Here's what I did with mine....

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Old 20-07-2015, 10:49 PM   #15
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That's amazing, Keith!
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Old 20-07-2015, 11:08 PM   #16
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Both look great! Tatty maybe the addition of a "warm up" area for your tort this can be achieved by a fish tank on its side or Wilko's do a good solid propagator lid for around £5 which can be placed on bricks with a gap for torty to go through.
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Old 20-07-2015, 11:16 PM   #17
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Both enclosures look great. You've got me thinking now! I must get creative, currently I let my tort run riot when she goes outside. So something like this would allow me to leave her out for longer, so I don't have to stand there watching her!
Both very inspiring
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Old 20-07-2015, 11:55 PM   #18
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Tatty your tort will feel safer with more cover, the plants I used were Rosemary ( has grown brilliantly ), Heather (died, replaced with new one, so far so good), Carex (grown well, excellent cover, makes Jerry feel safe and secure), Sedum( Jerry liked it a bit too much...laxative effect..removed), Lavender(growing well, good cover) Thyme(growing well, good cover), Campanula (eaten..all of it), Hebe(he has a nibble now and again but good shelter)..Some of these plants are the same as yours so I hope this helps.
Also, I hope you don't mind me saying but I think your hutch section lid is on upside down, the water will collect in this when it rains and the wood will rot.

Gemma..Jerry has been outside 24/7 since mid May, safe and secure and he's not one year old yet.
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Old 21-07-2015, 09:01 AM   #19
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I to would make the wired window solid torts like somewhere dark and cosy to sleep and you could block of part of the entrance again it would stop drafts, if you ever get around to putting simple electrics in that house would easily take a either a simple white light bulb or a ceramic heat bulb which would mean your tort would have somewhere to warm up on cold days. You'd be surprised how much warmer a ordinary house bulb can make somewhere like that, one of my torts first houses was a hutch with a bulb for basking.
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Old 21-07-2015, 10:42 AM   #20
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Thank you Keith, your enclosure looks wonderful! I currently still bring my tortoise inside at night. Although I have a lid and she is perfectly safe in the day, we get so many foxes in our garden and I just don't feel safe leaving her outside all night

I will certainly invest in some more plants. Hopefully these ones will grow quite quickly too.
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