New Close Enclosure!

[Jorge Moreno]

Hello, everyone!

A few days ago I received my two beautiful Het to Hypo Red Footed tortoises from the Tortoise Cove. I built a new close enclosure for them and I thought it would be a good idea to share it.

Thanks,

Jorge

 

[Rue]

That is awesome! How long did it take you to build it?

 

[naturalman91]

holy moley paint me green im truly jealous.

did you have any enclosure building experience before this? what are the dimensions?

 

[Gillian M]

Lovely! Mind you glass is not recommended for tort enclosures, as the tort would keep trying to get out.

And welcome to the forum!

 

[naturalman91]

Lovely! Mind you glass is not recommended for tort enclosures, as the tort would keep trying to get out.

And welcome to the forum!

that's a misconception i'm not saying it's good but i wouldn't go so far as to say its bad i use glass on mine and know several others that do to it's all about watching the tort and making sure they have a place to hide

 

[Gillian M]

that's a misconception i'm not saying it's good but i wouldn't go so far as to say its bad i use glass on mine and know several others that do to it's all about watching the tort and making sure they have a place to hide

If your tort is fine then fair enough.

 

[Jorge Moreno]

That is awesome! How long did it take you to build it?

Hi Rue!

It took me about a month and a half to complete the whole enclosure since I work on it in my free time. but, If I link all the hours I would said two weeks.

 

[Jorge Moreno]

holy moley paint me green im truly jealous.

did you have any enclosure building experience before this? what are the dimensions?

Hi, naturalman91!

This is my first close enclosure I had built. The enclosure has three detachable parts; the base, mid section and top section.

base is 3 ft D x 6 ft W x 2 ft H, middle section 3 ft x 6 ft x 2 ft and top section 3 ft x 6 ft x 1 ft.

 

[Anyfoot]

Looks good to me. Even if the fact it's glass became an issue, you could always black it out 6" high all around on the outside.

 

[Rue]

I love the stream...such a good idea.

But how do you clean it?

 

[Jorge Moreno]

I love the stream...such a good idea.

But how do you clean it?

I do have a Fluval external 306 canister filter that cleans the water.

 

[N2TORTS]

Very very nice -concept thru completion (although I had a sneak peek)
Job well done Jorge!!!......Did ya name your little ones' yet?

 

[Fredkas]

Wow.. i like ittttt..... wowww

 

[Speedy-1]

Awesome job ! I don't take any stock in the "glass issue" since from my personal experience it has never happened ! A lot of other people have noticed that it really is not a problem , maybe its time to consider it a non issue ?

 

[Rue]

I think the glass is an issue...if that's all they are surrounded by...but that is not the case in this well planned enclosure.

 

[Speedy-1]

I think the glass is an issue...if that's all they are surrounded by...but that is not the case in this well planned enclosure.

It could be an issue for you , from my experience with Speedy in his 60 gallon aquarium I am classifying it as an "urban legend" at least for a small Sully . I might further add that if the proper humidity for a hatchling sulcata is adhered to it really cant be an issue as they cannot see out of the steamed up glass !



At least that is how it worked out in my situation !

 

[Rue]

Lol...okay...steamed up glass...doesn't count.

I lined the inside of our vivarium with plywood. Seems to work for my Hermann's.

 

[Speedy-1]

Not trying to hijack this thread , or demean the great job Jorge has done ! I made my statement about glass enclosures going by the original statement ;

Lovely! Mind you glass is not recommended for tort enclosures, as the tort would keep trying to get out.
!

I tried to explain how , in my situation it proved to be not true . I spoke from my experience and didn't feel it necessary to change the parameters of the original statement IE ; How much of the glass is open and can be seen through , or if some areas get fogged up it doesn't count . I don't ever wonder how conflicting statements occur , I see them daily , even when a person needs to change what was said to reinforce a possibly wrong opinion ! Everyone is entitled to an opinion , but that's all it is until its proven wrong by facts. In my case the facts I learned through many other qualified opinions , and my own experience proved this statement to be wrong !

 

[GingerLove]

Holy guacamole! You have some truly spoiled torts!!!! Congratulations, great job! I have a glass cage for my tortoise, I had to line the sides and back with paper to keep her from clunking. If there's no clunking, there should be no problem! Can you take another picture so I can have a closer look at the stream??? And I'd love to see your tortoise photos!!!

 

[Jorge Moreno]

I do have a Fluval external 306 canister filter that cleans the water.

here is a pic of the filtration