Out door house (pic heavy)

[dmarcus]

So after the last storm that came thru Texas I new it was time to make some modifications to Vegas's out door home. We lifted it off the ground and added supports that are burried so the house does not move.

After I thought it was finished, he refused to go inside the lifted area and stayed underneath it, so I added the tunnel and before I got it finished he was going in and out. Had to keep him busy with food so that I could finish.

So after about 4 days of working on it in between work, it's about 85% completed, still have a few more things I want do.

Here are a few photo's of what it looks like. I had some photos of when i sat flush on the ground but for the life of me I don't know what happened to them..

I think it looks okay for something thats made out of mostly scrap wood..

Also the inside of the house stays about 80 degress without a heat lamp..

As a side note, he has stopped digging since he has a hide under the house..

 

[Yvonne G]

Our forum members are just so inventive! So, he actually walks up the ramp and goes inside the house? LOL! That's just too much! I'd love to see that.

 

[Angi]

That is so cool and I just learned that cinder block is harder to work with than it looks.

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That is so cool and I just learned that cinder block is harder to work with than it looks.

 

[dmarcus]

Our forum members are just so inventive! So, he actually walks up the ramp and goes inside the house? LOL! That's just too much! I'd love to see that.

He only went up the ramp when I built the tunnel, now he loves to go inside..

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That is so cool and I just learned that cinder block is harder to work with than it looks.

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That is so cool and I just learned that cinder block is harder to work with than it looks.

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Right now it works for us because we have moved the location twice. eventually once we buy a house we will use a combination of wood and cinder blocks

 

[Fernando]

I like your idea

How deep do those 2x4's go in the dirt? I'd be afraid of him snapping a leg off. But I like the ingenuity.

 

[GBtortoises]

I really have to give Sulcata (and other big) tortoise owners a lot of credit. My biggest tortoise is about an 12" female Marginated. Everything else is smaller. They are not even remotely the "tanks" that Sulcata and other big tortoises are. I never have to think much about building heavy duty near bullet proof fort like all you guys do!

 

[dmarcus]

I like your idea

How deep do those 2x4's go in the dirt? I'd be afraid of him snapping a leg off. But I like the ingenuity.

They are a little over a foot into the ground and the legs are all connected. the legs are also screwed and glued into the frame. I sat on it and I am 235lbs and it didn't budge

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I really have to give Sulcata (and other big) tortoise owners a lot of credit. My biggest tortoise is about an 12" female Marginated. Everything else is smaller. They are not even remotely the "tanks" that Sulcata and other big tortoises are. I never have to think much about building heavy duty near bullet proof fort like all you guys do!

This is just temp because of space constraints, once we get a bigger house with a larger yard, we will be getting a shed..

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

 

[Zouave]

You obviously graduated Valedictorian from my father's school of "Use whatever if at hand and paint it green". Great Job!!

 

[jaizei]

Looks great.

 

[dmarcus]

You obviously graduated Valedictorian from my father's school of "Use whatever if at hand and paint it green". Great Job!!

Lol, I learned in the Military to use what ever you have and make it work..The green does make it all blend...

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Looks great.

Thanks..

 

[Jacob]

Thats A Cool Idea, Most People Usually Just Buy Dog Houses Or Other Products
Awsome

 

[dmarcus]

Our forum members are just so inventive! So, he actually walks up the ramp and goes inside the house? LOL! That's just too much! I'd love to see that.

Just click the photo and it will take you to the link of him climbing out of the house and he has white around his mouth so he has been eating on the cuddlebone that he has, lol

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Thats A Cool Idea, Most People Usually Just Buy Dog Houses Or Other Products
Awsome

It use to be part of his tortoise table, lol. So I just recycled it..

 

[Yvonne G]

That video is pretty darned cute!

 

[dmarcus]

That video is pretty darned cute!

He spends a lot of time in there now, he eats and goes in there and sleeps.. We are so happy he likes it in there..

 

[TortieLuver]

Very creative! That's really neat!

 

[dmarcus]

Very creative! That's really neat!

Thanks, just wanted something easy to get him out of the rain...

 

[lynnedit]

So very funny. You should audition him for the 'Got Milk' ads.
He looks cuter than a lot of them (as far as I am concerned).

 

[dmarcus]

So very funny. You should audition him for the 'Got Milk' ads.
He looks cuter than a lot of them (as far as I am concerned).

It can be the add for got cuddlebone....he slowly ate on that piece for a week...Thank you, he makes you love him...