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Outdoor Tortoise Pen...

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Here's a photo of one side of my tortoise pen. During the spring and summer it houses my single Yellow-foot Tortoise(the pic shows several, but I am down to just the one now). It is an odd shape and measures 15x15x7x7x7. Tell me what you think?
 

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And this is the other side. And yes, there are two wallows. They are filled each morning and evening for soaking and mud wallowing.
I was also off on the measurements, one of the sides measures 10 feet, not 7. And if you're wondering, the closed off section was originally for my colony of Spider Tortoises, but I decided to keep them indoors for safety's sake. I ended up using that section for a couple of rescue box turtles until they could be repatriated into the wild. I will probably open it up so that my Yellow-foot has more room to roam, though.
 

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Sweet

That is an awesome enclosure. Do you ever have problems with fire ants where you live? I have a single female right now, and I have not seen them yet, but I am surprised because they are normally everywhere. I live in Houston, and the climate is great. How many do you think I could house in my pin that is a triangle with a base of 30ft and two sides of 20? Thanks.

~Walter~
 
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