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A Cheap, Easy Outdoor Redfoot Tortoise Pen

July 20, 2015 by Ernie 1 Comment

A Cheap, Easy Outdoor Redfoot Tortoise Pen

If setting up a short-term outdoor pen for your Redfoot Tortoises is a problem, here’s another quick idea for you.

It’s a plastic baby pool anyone over the age of 40 will remember from childhood. Anyway, it’s nice a round and easy to fill with my substrate, the 50/50 topsoil, coconut fiber mix, and covered with an inch or two of cypress mulch.

There’s some moss, a hide, and plastic plant so your Redfoot’s can dig in and hide when they get too warm or to feel safe.

I have it temporarily covered with our old puppy fence, but a mosquito or bird netting will work much better and a small role of either one is cheap. You want to make sure no predator can get in while your Redfoot tortoises are outside.

This isn’t meant to be one they can live in outside 24/7 it isn’t secure enough, but more of a 4-6 hour time outside.

You can put this setup together for $35-40 total cost, so if you’re looking for a quick and easy outdoor pen for your Redfoot Tortoises, here’s another idea to consider.

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  1. Kirsty Lubicz Nawrocka says

    October 7, 2015 at 4:38 pm

    Hello there,
    I sent you a Friend Request on FB in hopes of getting some advice from you to help a classroom Redfoot that has all of the wrong features in its enclosure.
    I sent you a message as well, but it indicated it may have gone to another box- not your message inbox.
    I hope we can connect and help this tortoise out!
    Kind regards,
    Kirsty

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