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I love your humid hide! I might have to steal that idea! I do agree with Tom, your going to want to go bigger in the near future. You could easily find an old large dresser or buffet at the second hand store, gut it and accommodate away!! At the least, I would get some plexiglass and hinges and...

Never thought about saran wrap!! I was thinking thin strips of Styrofoam insulation but plastic wrap sounds like an easier solution. Thanks!!

Yes yes! It's a ceramic heat emitter. I'm so glad I have experts to ask. It puts my mind at ease.

For night heat my husband ordered some kind of heating rock or pad, we're waiting for it to come in the mail, hopefully today. We are, in the meantime using a heat bulb. It doesn't emit light, just heat so I put it above their hut on the opposite end of the basking light and have the thermostat...

We are using coconut coir for substrate and I made it about 2 inches thick along the bottom and about 4 inches thick under the the hut. I can't believe it...a large bag of dry coir was 25 bucks...but a 7 by 8 inch cube of compressed was $8. All I had to do was soak it and it was twice the...

Here it is! It took me a week but I finally finished!! Its an old dresser (frame), every inch of wood has been sealed with organic shellac (4 coats, that was day one) . The wood was aired out for 3 days to be sure any harmful vapors etc were evaporated and then I reconstructed it adding a floor...

Also, we do not have them yet, we are just trying to get everything set up, ready and "test driven" for when they do arrive which will be the middle of next week.

Thanks so much! I feel we have ample space to house two tortoises eventually. I have to admit right now that I was not the one who brought up the idea of getting a tortoise, nor was I the one who ordered them and THEN told their spouse... ::cough:: ::cough::. Fortunately for said spouse, I am a...

Hi from New York!! Okay, so my husband and I are going to be parents to two adorbs African spurred tortoises. I have been soaking in all of the research I can in the past few weeks and still my biggest concern is their housing. It gets super cold here in the winter so I feel its not...