Baby Leopard tortoise update

[The_Four_Toed_Edward]

Does the plastron feel soft like a sponge or pliable like thin plastic?

 

[JDDV97]

With this in mind, perhaps you’ll find this thread useful for some visual examples on a closed chamber set up

Leopard/sulcata starter

Hello there! In this thread I’m going to include some information below on how I’d personally tackle an indoor starter set up for this guy until they’re bigger. Hopefully it helps give you some ideas! I know it looks a lot to go over, I like to make sure all bases are covered, I’m happy to...

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I’m still curious on the monitors though because this doesn’t look too bad a closed chamber imo, many have been able to get this kind to work, the size won’t last as long as the examples I include in my thread, so probably still worth going over. But with the foil around the domes, you should theoretically be able to maintain this, if the ground temp readings you’re giving are accurate that is

They’re reptizoo but not digital . I have 3 placede

You need about 24 inches to do that, but my preference it to just use a proper closed chamber, rather than trying to make something work with plastic bins and zip ties or plastic tents.

did some browsing what do you think of this pop up green house ? And I make a custom wooden base for substrate and put 2 floor lamp stands 24 inches away for basking light and CHE. @Littleredfootbigredheart @wellington

 

[Littleredfootbigredheart]

They’re reptizoo but not digital . I have 3 placede

did some browsing what do you think of this pop up green house ? And I make a custom wooden base for substrate and put 2 floor lamp stands 24 inches away for basking light and CHE. @Littleredfootbigredheart @wellington

Are they the gage monitors? Those are known to be pretty inaccurate so I’d recommend you get yourself some digital monitors and a temp gun as first port of call.

Greenhouse wise I wouldn’t use this particular model because of it looks quite tall, you want one lower so your heat and humidity doesn’t just rise to the top of it. One more like the one wellington posted

 

[JDDV97]

I believe this one is shorter in height than the one he posted & 4 feet smaller in width .

Does the width matter for humidity ? One is 2 feet wide & the other is 6 feet wide

 

[JDDV97]

Would this work for t5 stand

 

[Littleredfootbigredheart]

I believe this one is shorter in height than the one he posted & 4 feet smaller in width .

Does the width matter for humidity ? One is 2 feet wide & the other is 6 feet wide

Could you find one similar to that green one? 6x3 is a nice size for a hatchling and should last a while, but it could do with being a 2foot height

Would this work for t5 stand
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this will work for your uv though yesthough tbh you’d probably get away with making your own much cheaper, I’d also get yourself a timber block to mount to incase the attachments on this one don’t slide onto the reflector fitting

 

[JDDV97]

Could you find one similar to that green one? 6x3 is a nice size for a hatchling and should last a while, but it could do with being a 2foot height

this will work for your uv though yesthough tbh you’d probably get away with making your own much cheaper, I’d also get yourself a timber block to mount to incase the attachments on this one don’t slide onto the reflector fitting
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Oh wow beautiful enclosure . Are the cheap digital thermometers good or do you recommend spending more and getting an Accurite brand one . I hear that brand is good. .

 

[Littleredfootbigredheart]

Oh wow beautiful enclosure . Are the cheap digital thermometers good or do you recommend spending more and getting an Accurite brand one . I hear that brand is good. .

That enclosure was another member’s who joined recently, I really liked it as an example, it’s lovely isn’t it
I’d probably go with the second one, it does look better, though I have seen folks say the cheap ones work perfectly well too, if you get yourself a temp gun you’ll have a way to do a back up check anyway so those cheap ones will probably do the trick and you can place them in multiple areas, perhaps @Tom can say which he’d prefer to use? I beckon him cause we use a different type of digital monitor altogether lol