Will the cats/monkeys disturb the tortoise? I plan to put my RES in my outdoor pond, but my neighbor has a lot of cats (very naughty) and we live near the jungle, so monkeys are abundant here. Can see them everyday.

Yeah, the monkeys always come over to rummage through the wet kitchen! Sometimes, will sneak inside the dry kitchen as well. I guess, it's better to keep them in the tank before putting them outside. Or lots of hiding spots for the RES. Cats scared of water mah

I have some questions

Previously, my RES are kept indoor as we live in an apartment. And still is actually, but this time around, we have a balcony! The balcony's pretty small, and the lower bottom is cemented till my upper thigh. Now i plan to put them on the balcony instead of indoor as it's a bit packed in my studio unit. Just wondering, will they be baked to death? ...

The balcony is something like this:

balcony from the side view ...


the blue box is the tank, leaning against the wall so it is somehow shaded

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Added on April 20, 2010, 11:19 pmWondering if this is alright? Really want to move my RES to my koi pond at my folks, but my parents are quite busy, and i don't wanna burden them more with my RES. They are taking care of my guinea pig that they loved .

This post has been edited by static: Apr 20 2010, 11:19 PM

Finally, after testing for a few days, the sliders are loving the sun.





Can't wait till i move them to the koi pond!

Hehe yeah, I usually raise it to 3/4 of the tank. But that day, i reduce to 3inch only as i was testing the dock.