Okay, for the past few years I have known we we’re going to move from Southeast Texas to a much colder Wisconsin environment. Tuleo (Sulcata extraordinare) is now five and I have been saving $$ for the last 3 1/2 years, hoping to build him the perfect enclosure given the extreme weather jump. My thought was having a heated night box in a large well insulated shed, but the last few months I’ve thought about having a greenhouse typing closure as well to extend the warmer weather.
WITH THAT - I am leaning towards this kit where you can create a greenhouse shed. We would fully insulate it, have one of Toms heated night boxes in it, and have an oil heater in the main part (with tort plants, etc) as well as covering the greenhouse windows with bubble wrap during the winter months. That way he has some leg room to roam around “inside.” We’d also be creating a tortoise door (tunnel type so he has to go through two sets of plastic flaps to prevent cold breezes, etc.) so he can roam the yard at his will...
Thoughts? If you are able to keep your tortoise healthy and happy despite cold weather months and have any tips or photos of your set up, I would love to see them!
We’re looking at the 8x12 or 12x12...
https://www.worldofgreenhouses.com/collections/all-greenhouses/products/olt-sunshed-garden
WITH THAT - I am leaning towards this kit where you can create a greenhouse shed. We would fully insulate it, have one of Toms heated night boxes in it, and have an oil heater in the main part (with tort plants, etc) as well as covering the greenhouse windows with bubble wrap during the winter months. That way he has some leg room to roam around “inside.” We’d also be creating a tortoise door (tunnel type so he has to go through two sets of plastic flaps to prevent cold breezes, etc.) so he can roam the yard at his will...
Thoughts? If you are able to keep your tortoise healthy and happy despite cold weather months and have any tips or photos of your set up, I would love to see them!
We’re looking at the 8x12 or 12x12...
https://www.worldofgreenhouses.com/collections/all-greenhouses/products/olt-sunshed-garden