Closed Chamber: Leopard Edition

[Jeskie]

My favorite by far. AWESOME

 

[tortoisemom6]

Love.love.this

 

[Elohi]

@Rafael Moreno

 

[Melissa319]

I'm so thankful you bumped this post up. I've been struggling to come up with something decently sized to move my little ones into, and this is absolutely perfect. I'll be ordering it soon and am so excited to get it set up for them for overnights and winter housing once that time rolls around.

@Elohi - can you estimate how much coco coir you used?

 

[Elohi]

I'm so thankful you bumped this post up. I've been struggling to come up with something decently sized to move my little ones into, and this is absolutely perfect. I'll be ordering it soon and am so excited to get it set up for them for overnights and winter housing once that time rolls around.

@Elohi - can you estimate how much coco coir you used?

I'm trying to remember but I think 12 bricks of Ecoearth is what I ended up getting by with at first. It settles though and I ended up adding more.

 

[redsn8k]

Awesome. Thanks for the tip. I will use this for my next enclosure with plywood and wheels so I can move it around.

 

[TortsNTurtles]

This is awesome! I want to get a wood turtle in the future this would be perfect.

 

[zephyrsmom]

How deep is the substrate? How far away from the ground are the lamps?

 

[sherminator]

I just finished putting mine together. Thank you for sharing this. Its wonderful. I call it Murphy's tort mahal.

 

[Elohi]

How deep is the substrate? How far away from the ground are the lamps?

12" average.

 

[Elohi]

I just finished putting mine together. Thank you for sharing this. Its wonderful. I call it Murphy's tort mahal.

Excellent. And you're very welcome. I'd love to see pictures!

 

[Henry Guo]

They are so beautiful! How long have you kept them and how old are they?

 

[Elohi]

They are so beautiful! How long have you kept them and how old are they?

Three of my leopards are 18 months old and the one I adopted will be 3 next month.

 

[Henry Guo]

Three of my leopards are 18 months old and the one I adopted will be 3 next month.

Wow,they grow fast! My baby leopard just 5 centimeter though he has been 13 months old. So could you tell me what's the main food of your baby leopards?

 

[Elohi]

Wow,they grow fast! My baby leopard just 5 centimeter though he has been 13 months old. So could you tell me what's the main food of your baby leopards?

They eat smooth and prickly sow thistle, mallow, dandelion, hibiscus leaves and flowers, squash leaves and flowers, cactus and endive. When weeds are less plentiful they eat spring mix minus the spinach and other common grocery store greens. All of their food is sprinkled with rehydrated orchard grass and I give them Mazuri on occasion. Soon they will have grape leaves added to their diet.
I feed them all they will eat. I feed them 1-2 times a day depending on how much they eat at the first feeding. If they eat it all I will sometimes feed them a second time.

 

[rcklmbr2586]

Thanks for posting this thread! I have a question that maybe sort of dumb, but I have no ego, so here goes . Why do you use the incandescent bulbs? I understand they they put off heat and light, but I was wondering if there was a specific reason you wanted that in a "combo" package. I was contemplating just using two reptisuns (since there is no such thing as too much "good" light), and then just using the CHE's during both day and night for temperature control? Thoughts?
Thanks,
-Dan-

 

[tortnmutt]

When I set up the next one for my foster tortoise I will probably cut a piece of plywood the size of the foam mats so that I can slide it around if I need to.

I can't believe how big they've gotten!! I haven't been on TF for so long, I remember when you first got them!! Can't wait to see the foster. Will it be a Leopard?

 

[Onidara]

I'm going to try to put 2 of these together for a 4x8 one since I'm going to have like 16 redfoots lol

 

[sherminator]

Here's pics of the tort mahal. Its been great. Need to add some more plants since he ate or rolled over em. He's just like the tank he's named after. Im constantly replanting. His water dishes are near his food dish and he self soaks while eating quite often.

 

[Elohi]

Here's pics of the tort mahal. Its been great. Need to add some more plants since he ate or rolled over em. He's just like the tank he's named after. Im constantly replanting. His water dishes are near his food dish and he self soaks while eating quite often.

Nice job!!
Did you secure your tent down the Velcro strips?