It is built!!! Thanks Tom!

[CapnAwes0me]

Finished the night box. Well finished the outside. Waiting for all the inside stuff. Thanks again Tom!

 

[T Smart]

Looks great!

 

[TechnoCheese]

Looks amazing! Need to start building one soon, Curtis is getting big.

 

[Maro2Bear]

Nice updates. What are your plans fir heating? Radiant Heat Panel or Pig Blanket... both? Other?

Happy Torting.

 

[CapnAwes0me]

Thanks gang!! I’m going to use a pad and a lamp on the roof

 

[Maro2Bear]

Thanks gang!! I’m going to use a pad and a lamp on the roof

Check these out as well instead of a lamp.

http://www.reptilebasics.com/rbi-radiant-heat-panels

 

[CapnAwes0me]

Check these out as well instead of a lamp.

http://www.reptilebasics.com/rbi-radiant-heat-panels

That’s exactly what I am going to do. I thought it was a lamp lol

 

[Maro2Bear]

That’s exactly what I am going to do. I thought it was a lamp lol

Make sure to use a thermostat with it and all will be good. Good luck. Keep us posted.

 

[CapnAwes0me]

Make sure to use a thermostat with it and all will be good. Good luck. Keep us posted.

Yup I plan to! Quick question though. When it’s very cold should I have a UV light?

 

[Maro2Bear]

Yup I plan to! Quick question though. When it’s very cold should I have a UV light?

Where do you live and based on your question, it sounds like you are planning to have your Sully outside all year?

As far as a UV light, I’ll defer to others based on your location.

 

[CapnAwes0me]

Where do you live and based on your question, it sounds like you are planning to have your Sully outside all year?

As far as a UV light, I’ll defer to others based on your location.

I live in North Texas. Yea I plan to keep her outside year around. For the most part the temps are great there is just a couple months that will be to cold, which is why I built the house.

 

[CapnAwes0me]

Update! Inside done. Just waiting for vinyl and shade.View attachment 251637View attachment 251638

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

~ Awesome

 

[Maro2Bear]

Update! Inside done. Just waiting for vinyl and shade.View attachment 251637View attachment 251638

Can’t see any pix attached.. :-(

 

[For Love of Everything Shell]

Your pictures are not coming through?

I'm making some changes to my torts home... and I am interested in alternate heat sources! How do you have your set up with the Radiant heat?

 

[jojay327]

Really nice. I love it

 

[Markw84]

I live in North Texas. Yea I plan to keep her outside year around. For the most part the temps are great there is just a couple months that will be to cold, which is why I built the house.

You do not need a UVB light there for a tortoise outside year-round. I do however, like to put a low wattage incadescent bulb in the night box to give a longer photoperiod in the latitudes in which we live and also give a rise in daytime temperatures when outside it is cooler and no way for the tortoise to heat up, even though the box is 80°. I find a rise in temps daytime will have them do better.

 

[Tom]

You do not need a UVB light there for a tortoise outside year-round. I do however, like to put a low wattage incadescent bulb in the night box to give a longer photoperiod in the latitudes in which we live and also give a rise in daytime temperatures when outside it is cooler and no way for the tortoise to heat up, even though the box is 80°. I find a rise in temps daytime will have them do better.

I completely agree! 100%!

In a 4x8' night box, I use a 65 watt flood bulb mounted to the ceiling of the box which is about 21" from the floor. It is set to come on at about 6:30 am and turn off about 7 pm. This raises the ambient temp up to the mid 80s on a cold (55-60 F) winter day, or low 90s on a warmer (70s F) winter day.

 

[CapnAwes0me]

Your pictures are not coming through?

I'm making some changes to my torts home... and I am interested in alternate heat sources! How do you have your set up with the Radiant heat?

I don’t know why the pics won’t show
I’m using a Kane mate and a radiant heat panel. Monitored it last night and it stayed around 83 in the box.

 

[CapnAwes0me]

You do not need a UVB light there for a tortoise outside year-round. I do however, like to put a low wattage incadescent bulb in the night box to give a longer photoperiod in the latitudes in which we live and also give a rise in daytime temperatures when outside it is cooler and no way for the tortoise to heat up, even though the box is 80°. I find a rise in temps daytime will have them do better.

I thought about doing this as well if nothing else just to give the illusion of day/night in the really cold days where she won’t want to venture out. You do find a temp change with a normal bulb? I guess I could see that as well. Where do you put your thermometer? I hung mine from the ceiling but not sure if that’s the best place.