New Sully Hatch Enclosure

[tortoisetime565]

So I wanted to make a thread including everything I've done and pricing.

So I am adopting a lopsided hatchling from a fellow TFO'er, diamondbp.

I have a 40 gallon setup for her so when she is inside. Anyways..

40 gallon tank - $80.00 (came with glass lid and tank overhead light.

Heat lamp and CHE lamp - $7.00 each.

The heat lamp is going to be a MVB.

MVB bulb $45 on amazon

CHE - 150 watt - $9.00 off eBay.

Eco earth - roughly $3 a block.

(I also mixed in about 2 shovels full of peat moss.)

Grass seed - annual rhy- $3.00 a lb
Terra cotta saucers 6" $1.47 each.

Also got a hide off amazon and hygrometers and thermometers.

Hygrometers - exo Terra - $3.99 off amazon

Temp guages - $7.00 at Lowes

Hide $10.00 off amazon
And I also got a small heat mat to go under it.

Heat mat - $10 off amazon.


So anyways. Here are some pics. Not everything is in the enclosure yet.

 

[Tom]

Add more coir and hand pack it down firmly.

Take the stick on hygrometers and throw them in the garbage. Get a digital one with a remote probe that you can move around. They are much more accurate and reliable in my experience.

Get a black dishwashing tub from Walmart, flip it upside down and cut out a door hole. These make a great humid hide, once they decide there are no sulcata baby eating monsters hiding in them.

Start saving your money. The baby will outgrow this little set up in about 3 months.

 

[tortoisetime565]

Add more coir and hand pack it down firmly.

Take the stick on hygrometers and throw them in the garbage. Get a digital one with a remote probe that you can move around. They are much more accurate and reliable in my experience.

Get a black dishwashing tub from Walmart, flip it upside down and cut out a door hole. These make a great humid hide, once they decide there are no sulcata baby eating monsters hiding in them.

Start saving your money. The baby will outgrow this little set up in about 3 months.

I have a digital on the way. And I ordered coco chips that I planned on mixing in with the coir. And I have a 2'x4' and a 2' x 6' vacant tortoise table as well as an outdoor pen ready for her.