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Our guy has a house similar to yours. My daughter and I aren't too great at building. Ours also sits on a slab and because of all the wood we used we can't even move it. (ours is sort of 5ft x 5ft.) In the doorway I stapled strips of marine grade vinyl. I bought a sheet and cut it to fit. It...
While checking on our sulcata last night we found a lot of palmetto bugs in his heated house, I think there are between insulation and in the substrate. How do we get rid of them without harming our tortoise, diatomaceous earth ? Would that be safe? or just get rid of his substrate and replace...
I haven't been here in awhile. Our tort house worked fair last winter but we will make some adjustments. When we had a few nights of 20-30 degrees (which isn't often) we could not keep the tortoise house with an overall temp of 80+. So we brought him inside those few nights. *note we made the...
Tom, Yes I understand, I planned on a thermometer, but I had just finished and hadn't ordered yet. I have this on order Moat S2 Wireless Temperature & Humidity Bluetooth Smart Sensor (iPhone/Android) -
His heat mat is on one side of the house and the mulch is on the opposite side, some mornings...
Seems I finished just in time as temperature this morning was 51 degree F. He is snug as a bug in his mulch in his new house with the oil filled radiator keeping it warm. His heat mat is in the mail. I used the reptile forest floor mulch but am looking for some more cheaper...mulch that can be...
Thanks again for all the great advise. While I didn't want to take what we started apart I've added some of your advise. Here are some current photos.
So as you can see from our last post of Sept 30, we have added plywood to floor and a shelf. We also made the door opening smaller and added...
Hi Tom,
Thanks for your insight it is appreciated. I should have made the box much smaller however its too late now, maybe I will add a kane mat to it so he will have a warm spot, and do the shelf idea. I will hang some plastic strips on the inside where the door is going so when I open one...
I'm still trying to come up with a plan for the door on mine. I have to make a shed type door, I think, so I can get in and out of it tomato adjustments for heating and cleaning.
I think you would need to add heat too. This will be our guys first winter out, though we are in a warmer climate. Its already dropping into the upper 50's . Our tort house isn't complete, hope to get it at least closed in this weekend and I have a oil filled radiator on hand.
We have our outdoor house almost complete (though finishing touches on outside to be completed later. Neither my daughter or I are very good at this wood building but now we need idea for how to add a door, we'd like a double door so that we can get in the house periodically to clean it out...
When our sulfate hears us outside he comes right out. In fact if he is grazing and we call his name he will usually saunter over to where we are standing.
OK thank you all that pretty well sums it up. We will build his new house with a insulated wood floor. That way it will sit on the concrete but he won't be sleeping on it. Only concrete will be when he walks into or out of the pen. Any other suggestions? Might as well do it as correctly as...
He is about 15 !/2-16 inches long now and just about as high, not sure how your suppose to measure them. Haven't weighed him but he is pretty heavy though we can pick him up easy. I'm trying to take advantage of the dog kennel we have in place as its on a concrete slab. My idea is to build...
OK no wonder I didn't see anything more, lol I never sent my response. As far as the concrete floor goes, our plan was to use cypress mulch and/or/hay. Or do you think actually building a wood floor then placing the substrate would be better? We were thinking of easier cleaning by just...
Now that is similar to what I would like to do but inside of that chain link kennel, because I'm too lazy to take it down, plus it would be to hard to do it.
OK pictures of what I have so far.
What I'd like to do is replace that resin dog house with something similar to Dundley's Palace! I don't want to put a floor down though as that is a concrete slab and should be easy to clean. Well easier. All that mulch is now gone.
I have a rose of sharon though not in my tortoise enclosure, yellow leaves can be from over watering, poor drainage, nutrient deficiency or bugs. I had trouble with mine in the beginning but now its like 6 ft tall and every year I trim it back. It is in the ground and not in a pot. I think it...
Looking for some ideas. We have 85% finished our Sulcatas enclosure , still need to add some substrate and grass and finalize with some posts to make it more secure and also to look nice. We want to start his house which we will insulate and add heat too for winters. We are in Louisiana but...
Wow how nice, wish I had the space for something like that! My daughters tortoise is back inside as the last few days were too cool, hoping to get him out later today and maybe start on a house in the next few weeks that we can add heat too. We have a old chain link dog kennel on a concrete...