Cave = tortoise mind blown

[mini_max]

That spot in the elbow of the driftwood there is his favorite place to hang out. This morning I got the brilliant idea to dig a cave under it that pops out the other side of the log bridge. He went wild for it! Was more active than he has ever been! Even rekindled his relationship with his cuttlebone! Just had to post a little gloat because my last few big ideas have kind of gotten the opposite response.

 

[mini_max]

Sorry for the duplicates!

 

[Heather H]

Cool idea. He looks happy

 

[mini_max]

It was all well and good until he decided to make that his sleeping spot, and I could hear his claws on the bottom of the enclosure. So now I have to pull out my cauldron and witch hat and mix up another batch of coir, then pull everything out, make it deeper and try to put it back just the way I had it. With my luck he won't touch it after

 

[Jodie]

He is very cute. They just like to keep us challenged and intersted.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

So few tortoise ideas are appreciated by our tortoises.....

 

[TortsNTurtles]

I love it! I think I may copy you on this so thanks for sharing. Is that orchid bark mixed with coir for substrate? It looks great.

 

[mini_max]

Thanks! Yes coir and reptibark from petsmart. I have about 5 inches of coir all over and an inch of bark on top for about half of the enclosure.

 

[newCH]

Like the driftwood idea. Cave even better.

 

[wellington]

Looks great. Take pics and you should be able to get it back the same way. They do like keeping us on our toes.

 

[Carol S]

He/she is really cute and has a very pretty shell.

 

[Jacqui]

I really like the piece of wood you used.

 

[Rafael Moreno]

What substrate are you using ?

 

[Robertchrisroph]

Wonderful

 

[christinaland128]

That's really cool!

 

[mini_max]

What substrate are you using ?

That's just really moist coco coir with some reptibark (basically orchid bark I think).

 

[Tortoisekatie]

This is brilliant how did u do it? I would love to give it ago

 

[mini_max]

I just bought that driftwood-y looking log in the reptile section of the pet store. I have about 5 inches of substrate but added a few more inches in this area. Then I just dug him a burrow by hand. I had that little log bridge (from the rodent section of the petstore) over the back to keep it from collapsing when he walked over. I thought about using half a flower pot under the coco coir for support, but I like that he is surrounded by his nice moist coir. He actually covers the entrance every night! Since I keep it moist and he sleeps and spends a lot of time here I get away without a humid hide.