Building my first enclosure.

[Richard41]

I am building my first tortoise enclosure for my two baby redfoots and wanted to build most of it out of wood but because of the enclosure needing moisture I wasn't sure how to go about doing it without using wood with toxic chemicals in it. Anyone have any ideas? Trying to build something around like 3'x5' that's about 3' tall.

 

[J.P.]

ask your hardware for food grade paints/laquers/epoxy that you can use for waterproofing.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Either a portion of fish pond liner or, What I've used, Very fully mixed Fiberglass resin, paint brushed on. Resin only.(NO fiberglass mat.) I haven't heard many others use this method, but I use it because I have a zillion gallons of it. Make sure that whatever you use will be harmless once dried or cured and wont be something that your tort might try to eat.

 

[Jodie]

The easiest is to line it with pond liner or even a shower curtain. I have tiled mine in the past.

 

[Richard41]

Thanks a lot these are all great ideas! I appreciate it.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

The easiest is to line it with pond liner or even a shower curtain. I have tiled mine in the past.

I like the shower curtain idea. It's a couple bucks. The pond liners are $$$

 

[phebe121]

I used vynal liner