u/Capital-One8386

Hi! I recently moved to Arizona and created an outdoor enclosure for my 20ish year old rescue tortoise!

I have ran a line from inside my house to outside for moisture and he has an indoor enclosure for night (which isn’t as nice sadly but hoping to create one for him soon)

A few questions:

-Should I add coconut substrate outdoors?

-If the temp has reached 100 should I bring him inside or is the cold water misters every 30 minutes okay?

-His beak has been naturally trimming but should I step in to trim it more or what are helpful ways to naturally do it?

-I made a barrier around the fenced area but should i make it higher?

overall i would love advice and tips!! He’s been stuck in a box his whole life and want him to have air to breathe

(also yes my flowers died and have been pulled out lol, i made sure they were safe for him to nibble on!)

((after looking at the pics i noticed a broken zip tie and it has been removed :))

Last April I had to TFMR, and have since felt an extreme amount of guilt. Last year one person wished me a Mother’s day and I felt I didn’t deserve it.

I do not regret my decision at all. it was necessary and he would have suffered if I didn’t make it.

But why does someone wishing me a happy Mother’s day make me feel so weird? Is it because I feel like I don’t deserve it because I ended the pregnancy on MY own choice? Is it because I don’t physically have my child with me?

To others who have had to TFMR, how do you feel about Mother’s day & people wishing you a happy one?

I know I am his Mom, but I feel like I don’t deserve the day.

(Also, if you have the complete opposite feelings than I do then i’m really happy for you!!! I just am struggling with it)

Advice