This is how I made my new tortoise home for slowpoke ... a little costly but well worth it , still got some pieces to get but I'm almost done , I hope you guys and gals find this handy ...
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Neat! I think you have the first corner unit. Keep taking pictures as you finish it off.
Jacqui said:
yea ive got pics of it from the start im hoping next week to be done , or done enough i can put slowpoke in it then do the decorating as i go ... i really only need the light & heat bulbs and substrate, but thats next payday lol ... i have the rest ...
I like it, new design and it looks like it will be easier to maintain constant temps with the solid top. Nice job.
Very cool 
yea i was thinking the same thing about the constant temps , the home he has now has a top on it also and with the lights off at night the spot he loves to sleep in only drops down to 68 and thats across the whole habitat , then the spot he sleeps at in the day is 93 (which you know they sleep almost all day lol ) and it warms up pretty fast ... ill up load what he is in now ... not really a good picture but its a 4 foot by 2 foot with a 18 inchs to the light??Len?? said:
thanksascott said:Very cool
His old home looks nice also, I like the artwork,is that you waiting for slowpoke to get in the wagon ? are you going to paint the inside of the new one with art work like the old one ?
??Len?? said:
glad you like it , not sure yet if i will, might do just plants on the inside of it , but i dont want to take up too much room with the plants , you wouldnt happen to know of a good vine plant that wont hurt him if he ate it would you ?
Looks great! Can't wait to see the finished enclosure
I don't keep russian tortoises, so I am not sure of what they can eat,,,wandering jew would be my first choice, but to grow well needs good lighting, pothos is a good low light growing vine that is on every ones toxic plant list but I grow it and feed it to my forest dwelling tortoises on a regular bases with no ill effects,but again I don't know if it can be eaten safely by russians .Maybe someone who keeps russian tortoises will see this and chime in.
just added some removable hides in two of the corners .... the are 12" L X 8" W X 6" T ....
??Len?? said:
i think with the hides i just put in there i can put some strawberry plants on top of those , they vine out and slowpoke wont be able to get to the root of the plant ... even though im sure he will try to find a way to get it ... kind of like a kid trying to get the cookies from the top shelf ......
Squash grows kind of viney and he'd probably eat the leaves and flowers before you got any fruit out of it. It grows really fast too. You could grow your own seedlings in those little biodegradable pots and then plant those in the enclosure when they're big enough to have some chance at survival.
Lulu said:
yea i didnt even think of squash , that would be a good ideal too they have some big leafs ...
up date of pictures almost done just got to add the bricks for the feeding spot
slowpoke said:
ok got the bricks for him , its funny he has been going from one side of the habitat to the other just looking around at every thing
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