Re: tortoise fencing..tell me now before I buy stuff/start it...

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Posted by EJ on April 25, 2001 at 16:27:20:

In Reply to: tortoise fencing..tell me now before I buy stuff/start it... posted by Niki on April 25, 2001 at 15:52:52:

There's this stuff called tennis court fencing. It is the same thing as cyclone fencing execpt that it is 1.25 inch mesh. 100 ft cost me $225 bucks. It is plastic coated. That was 4 ft high. I cut it to 2 ft high. You can get it 3 ft high. I buried it 6 inches into the ground and inserted 3/4 inch plastic stips on the bottom 12 inches so they can't see out.
Works pretty good so far. It was built to contain adult Aldabras.
Ed

: Hi guys, well I want to toss this out - as you know I'm planning
: Teddy's new pen for him when our new house is done soon.
: Reading a current post just reminded me every time I see people
: say they have such and such many acres of land, well yea but,
: how much can be realistically fenced to be escape proof, not to
: mention predator proof?

: Just looking at current pics. and the adventures of several torts
: on here, how wouold you do the fencing? We were thinking of using
: those very heavy stacking/interlocking type of stones that they
: sell as retaining walls, to make a low wall and lining it with
: wooden boards, which also go down into the ground.
: One long side of the pen is the house so he (shouldn't!) be able to
: dig out on that side, nor on the side which borders a concrete
: patio. This won't be predator proof though, at what size can
: I stop really worrying about this??? There aren't going to be
: racoons there like there are here. Some backyard will get privacy
: fencing (though I don't forsee this as being escape-proof unless
: we use a concrete base???-how deep?) My husband swears it will not
: be a flimsy fence because he's going to install it himself.

: I was going to plant the pen with hibiscus and geraniums (which
: I already have in planters ready to go). Then he'll have his big
: log and we'll make him a house - I'm not sure out of what, I was
: thinking brick like the house is? The are is sloped slightly for
: drainage and this time I'll have drains anyways (something his
: current cheapy pen doesn't!).

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: There's this stuff called tennis court fencing. It is the same thing as cyclone fencing execpt that it is 1.25 inch mesh. 100 ft cost me $225 bucks. It is plastic coated. That was 4 ft high. I cut it to 2 ft high. You can get it 3 ft high. I buried it 6 inches into the ground and inserted 3/4 inch plastic stips on the bottom 12 inches so they can't see out. : Works pretty good so far. It was built to contain adult Aldabras. : Ed : : : Hi guys, well I want to toss this out - as you know I'm planning : : Teddy's new pen for him when our new house is done soon. : : Reading a current post just reminded me every time I see people : : say they have such and such many acres of land, well yea but, : : how much can be realistically fenced to be escape proof, not to : : mention predator proof? : : Just looking at current pics. and the adventures of several torts : : on here, how wouold you do the fencing? We were thinking of using : : those very heavy stacking/interlocking type of stones that they : : sell as retaining walls, to make a low wall and lining it with : : wooden boards, which also go down into the ground. : : One long side of the pen is the house so he (shouldn't!) be able to : : dig out on that side, nor on the side which borders a concrete : : patio. This won't be predator proof though, at what size can : : I stop really worrying about this??? There aren't going to be : : racoons there like there are here. Some backyard will get privacy : : fencing (though I don't forsee this as being escape-proof unless : : we use a concrete base???-how deep?) My husband swears it will not : : be a flimsy fence because he's going to install it himself. : : I was going to plant the pen with hibiscus and geraniums (which : : I already have in planters ready to go). Then he'll have his big : : log and we'll make him a house - I'm not sure out of what, I was : : thinking brick like the house is? The are is sloped slightly for : : drainage and this time I'll have drains anyways (something his : : current cheapy pen doesn't!).

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