Cold Climate Large Outdoor Enclosurr Help!

[Spurredhal]

We live in the NW in Washington State and have a Sulcata who is now about 5 years old. He has outgrown his 4 x 8’ indoor enclosure and we are about to embark on his outdoor forever home.

We are wanting to construct a dream tortoise house and have budgeted $4,000 for it. We do not have space issues because we have several acres.

I simply cannot find photos of the interior of other large cold weather barns/sheds. More specifically, I cannot find what others have done for the lighting and heat setup.

We currently have UVB lighting and day/night basking lights and a humidifier in the inside enclosure, but this is on a much larger scale. We are having underground electrical ran to the barn and are going to have it fully hard wired. Can anyone please, please help me find pics and specific information for this. Thank you so very much! -Max

 

[Blackdog1714]

@Tom has a thread on just such a thing. Amazing construction for a long life of usability and function. I think it is the dedicated sulcata section of the TFO. Good luck and please post pics!

 

[Maro2Bear]

Here is one of Tom’s threads for a great heated night box.

https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/my-best-night-box-design-yet.66867/

Of course, you could get a prefab 8 x 16 foot “Amish Shed” and then have your night box inside that. A night box, in the shed that is then in your fenced in large outdoor enclosure.

Good luck.

 

[Yvonne G]

We live in the NW in Washington State and have a Sulcata who is now about 5 years old. He has outgrown his 4 x 8’ indoor enclosure and we are about to embark on his outdoor forever home.

We are wanting to construct a dream tortoise house and have budgeted $4,000 for it. We do not have space issues because we have several acres.

I simply cannot find photos of the interior of other large cold weather barns/sheds. More specifically, I cannot find what others have done for the lighting and heat setup.

We currently have UVB lighting and day/night basking lights and a humidifier in the inside enclosure, but this is on a much larger scale. We are having underground electrical ran to the barn and are going to have it fully hard wired. Can anyone please, please help me find pics and specific information for this. Thank you so very much! -Max

Oh man. . . you have not looked in the right place! I have my sheds all over this Forum. Here's a link to Dudley's rebuild:

https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/dudleys-rebuild.111350/

 

[Maidens Hill Farm]

If you have a $4000 budget, you should be great. How exciting! We just made ours for our guy who arrived tonight. We spent roughy 500, but we spent more in labor. Good luck! I will keep you posted on how our design works out. Can't wait to see your palace.