Check out and Rate my Tortoise Table please!!!

[UMDRunner]

I will attatch some pictures.... I would say this isn't the typical tortoise table.

[UMDRunner]

Here is the last one. I just finished the tables today, the main one has been together for a few months, I just made the 2nd. I still need to stabilize it a lot more, the bridge isn't done either. I need to add walls and carpet for traction. I just put it in so you could get an idea.

What do you think?

Thanks

[Josh]

i dig it a lot! especially the paintings. definitely a one-of-a-kind home!

[UMDRunner]

thanks, after I get the ramp/bridge all ready I hope Tank uses it, Would it be bad to keep his food dish up their so he has to climb up to eat?

[UMDRunner]

Also, what should I add/modify? What do you think of the substrate I'm using? It is eco earth.... I think another brand is bed a beast.... he seems to like it, but a lot of people talk about doing 50/50 with sand... what do you think about that?

[Iluvemturts]

Looking better I like the ramp idea...only one thing - Russians are GREAT climbers so your walls will have to be high.
Kelly, another member here can atest to that ...shes has one who trys to reach "the other side" lol.

I dont think its bad for him to climb for the food.

It'll be cool to see the finished project..

[cvalda]

Loooks great, I think he'll love it! I hope you post pics when it's totally done!

Yep, I have some climbers for sure, and one who took a four-foot nose dive because of it (and lived to tell!)

Hey if he'll make the climb for his food, that's great because the excersize will definately be good for him!

[UMDRunner]

Ya, I definitely have to raise the walls on level 2
Any other additions I should be making? I'm still pretty new to tortoises. How about the substrate?

[Iluvemturts]

Your substate is fine. Some people add some play sand with the eco or bed a beast.

Having the basics taken care of is key. Does that lightcan have a UVB bulb? If the bulb does not say UVB it will not have it. When I first started out I went to a pet store and they sold me a bulb and said it was UVB...it wasnt. The reason you want a good UVB is because it will help the tort to metablize (someone help me with my horriable spelling LOL) and absorb the calcium.
What temp is under the lightcan? You"ll want a good 90- 100 degree temp for basking.
Im saying 90- 100 degree as a rough ball park...Id have to go look it up again myself..

What have you been feeding?
We can move this topic over to the Russian section if need be as this post is specific to enclosure

[cvalda]

yah, what she said!

[UMDRunner]

Sounds great, I know tank seems to enjoy that substrate quite a bit, and it is what he lived in at the pet store so I didn't stress him by switching. I think I'm going to start moistening it a little though, not to the point of making it sticky, but just so he can burrow better.

[cvalda]

Yep it's always good to keep that kind of substrate a bit damp... not WET but just damp enough that it's not dusty!

[UMDRunner]

I haven't quite got the carpet on the bridge yet, but tank loves going up and down, he did it on his own at least 5 time today! I'm sure I won't be able to contain him once I carpet it haha.

[Crazy1]

Nice table design. Did you seal the wood? If so with what? What type of wood is it? I love the ramp idea and with it you might not even need the log hide. My only suggestions would be higher sides, watch the corners they do like to climb there. Especially his loft (?) and is her loft attached to the walls. That might give it the stability your seeking. I do like it.

[cvalda]

DOI! I'm tired and I read that as "Did you steal the wood" and I'm thinking... DUDE Is there something I don't know about you lot?!? ROFL!