Off loading the pipe to be used as the perimeter fencing material.
Concrete pad for the first Burmese black mountain tortoise house.
Building the cinder block wall for the tortoise houses.
Installing the tortoise house roof.
Welding the fencing together.
Trenching for the water line.
Waterline installed to provide multiple water access points.
Tortoise house structor complete.
Slider barn doors installed with approval from "Ebony".
Doing work with tortoises is always a group activity.
Painted to match the hillside environments with boulders to line to path and create enrichment.
With multiple tortoise houses we can section off the habitat if and as necessary during nesting season.
To finish off the houses freezer flaps are installed to limit the escape of heat and cut down on drafts.
Display of natural behavior by one of the female mountain tortoises.
"Lovey", one of the male mountain tortoises exploring the open space of the habitat.
Foliage provides natural hides for safety within the habitat.
The leaf litter provides the tortoises excellent nesting material.
Wide lens view of the new habitat.
Digging out the steamed water feature with the backhoe.