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I made a two-story tortoise table. I personally hadn't seen a design like this, so I figure it might be inspirational for someone in a similar situation. It serves more functions than you might think. - My other larger tortoises that live on the ground floor of the shed can hide below the...

Tom, I appreciate your perspective and understand that you're trying to educate and look out for the welfare of the animals. That being said. I stopped contributing to the forum because I don't want to spend my days arguing with strangers on the internet and defending EVERY little decision I...

I honestly see my current setup as functionally equivalent as what this person has built. My wooden shed is 10x16ft and very well insulated, even during the winter months the lighting is basically enough to keep it up to temperature. I took this off-the-shelf shed, put it on a (insulated)...

Back when they were in the sunroom, I had built a wooden 'pen' that was approx 40 cm high so they were not in direct contact with the glass. Not because I was concerned about they damaging the windows at that age (although they can scratch glass), but being surrounded by glass would be quite...

A bit strange to see this thread get picked up again after more than two years. Tom, your tone is coming of as quite agressive, why **** on something that's 2-3 years old? - Polyurethane rigid foam insulation. - They now have a 15sqm (161 sqft) heated shed (7cm of that same foam insulation)...

A bit strange to see this thread get picked up again after more than two years. Tom, your tone is coming of as quite agressive. - Polyurethane rigid foam insulation. - They now have a 15sqm (161 sqft) heated shed (7cm of that same foam insulation) with an array of 3 T5 UVB 120cm lights...

Thank you all for the advice so far! @maggie18fan Yes, I will definitely ensure that the shed is heated, not just relying on the insulation. So the MVB is where they get the UVB light from? Do you let them go outside in the winter months as well to get some natural light? If one MVB suffices...

Dear all, I will soon start building a shed (5x3m or roughly 16x10 feet) specifically to house my two aldabras (about 2 years old now) at night and during the winter months. I realize that bigger is always better, but rather than building a bigger shed, I was thinking of adding a greenhouse as...

Giving this a bump, would be really informative if someone with adult Aldabras would check this theory with their animals!

The 2nd link is the reference that they give for this scale counting in the 1st link. You're right that the 2nd link doesn't give more information, just a reference to a personal communication. Not exactly the type of scientific data that you'd expect to get from a reference. To be honest I...

Whilst reading some husbandry literature (Raising giant tortoises; https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/10240/2/ZAWAM_6V.pdf quite interesting) I found a reference to this paper (Captive breeding of Dipsochelys giant tortoises...

Well the porch is basically a greenhouse so the 20°C is really more of a minimum that will quickly be exceeded when the sun is shining. But I'll figure what temperature setpoint works well. They also have their nightbox which is constantly heated. The person (German) who sold me the tortoises...

Their enclosure is currently a section (2,35m x 4m) of our glass porch. It has a PVC liner to protect the stones. I put in some grass sod and plants to give it a natural look. I will soon install some 54W T5 UVB and daylight lights, to hopefully keep them healthy and active throughout the...

Hey, I wanted to give an update on the two Aldabras that I bought in November last year. I'm very pleased with their overall health and growth! The new growth on their shell seems very smooth. Suzy appears to have a wider shell than Marcel. Marcel: 10/11/2018: 120g and 7,7 cm (plastron)...

One more thing, one reason that the box is a little overbuilt. I want it to function as a bench, for me to sit on while watching the tortoises.