New Outdoor Enclosures

[StudentoReptile]

I plan on building a wire cage around the turtle pond, not just for predators but for keeping my kids from getting into it (they're still young). The tortoise pen, I'm not too worried about. The entire yard is fenced in, and she was out all summer last year without any screen guard. The only intruders I have ever witnessed out in the yard are cats, and she is already too large, hefty and bulky for a cat to deal with. We do have one stray dog (chihuahua mix) in the neighborhood, but he has never ventured into my backyard either, and is not much threat to him. I nor any of my neighbors have seen any coons or possums in the area. Have seen bears, but they are rare, and more apt to raid the garbage cans than a tortoise pen!