raised garden bed enclosure i made for someone

[naturalman91]

so recently my parents introduced me to a women they know who also keeps red foot's she recently got a baby/juv that she needed a outdoor enclosure for so i made her a 3x6 raised garden bed

i made this for her and gave her two fake spider plants and a fern to put in there while the testudo seed mix is sprouting it has a underground hide that stays 10-15degress's cooler then outside

the water dish is in the back side under the board/shade any comments or input is welcome

 

[kathyth]

That's really nice, David! Lucky woman!!

 

[tortdad]

Very cool

 

[naturalman91]

That's really nice, David! Lucky woman!!

it was just really cool for me to find someone else who keeps red's around me seems everyone has russian's and doesn't know proper care here

it's been in the 100's here so i brought the wood in the house and made it lol to hot to sit outside

 

[leigti]

Very nice. It is fun when you find somebody locally who knows and has tortoises. Putting the shade over the water dish is very smart, you don't realize how hot that water gets. And yes, it has been ridiculously hot around here, at least much hotter than we're used to. I think we're almost to two weeks straight at 100° plus every day. Closing down the enclosure a couple times a day also helps. Very nice build, if I decide to get another tortoise I might be giving you a call to help with another outdoor enclosure

 

[naturalman91]

Very nice. It is fun when you find somebody locally who knows and has tortoises. Putting the shade over the water dish is very smart, you don't realize how hot that water gets. And yes, it has been ridiculously hot around here, at least much hotter than we're used to. I think we're almost to two weeks straight at 100° plus every day. Closing down the enclosure a couple times a day also helps. Very nice build, if I decide to get another tortoise I might be giving you a call to help with another outdoor enclosure

you'll have to come to oregon but i'd be happy to help lol, it's been way above normal here i mean sure we normally hit mid 90s but lately 100-109 is average for us lately which is weird

there is a fellow forum member in the same town as me @Team Gomberg but we keep vastly different species practically identical where it counts in setups tho closed chambers

 

[leigti]

you'll have to come to oregon but i'd be happy to help lol, it's been way above normal here i mean sure we normally hit mid 90s but lately 100-109 is average for us lately which is weird

there is a fellow forum member in the same town as me @Team Gomberg but we keep vastly different species practically identical where it counts in setups tho closed chambers

Well, you are a long ways away from me. It was 113 last weekend and it is only 102 today, I will be looking for my ski jacket any minute now. People I know here have Russians and sulcatas, and a box turtle or two.

 

[wellington]

You did a great job. You should be proud and I sure hope she realizes what you did for her. Lots of people have a hard time putting together an enclosure.

 

[Levi the Leopard]

It's fun to build enclosures, isn't it? You and I should team up for our area and help people assemble them...lol

 

[leigti]

The basic build is similar no matter what type of tortoise you have, not counting the gigantic ones.

 

[bouaboua]

Very nice......Wish you could took more photos of this wonderful enclosure! ! ! !

 

[naturalman91]

You did a great job. You should be proud and I sure hope she realizes what you did for her. Lots of people have a hard time putting together an enclosure.

yeah she was a older women late 60's i was happy to help, to be honest i was super surprised how well i did lol i normally can get it decent but not all the way

It's fun to build enclosures, isn't it? You and I should team up for our area and help people assemble them...lol

i'd love to get something going around here to spread awareness of what owning a tort really is i see so many impulse buys here

Very nice......Wish you could took more photos of this wonderful enclosure! ! ! !

i can get more photo's she lives pretty close to me was just going to wait until the seeds start sprouting