Hey gang, been a bit since I was on.
Our Sully is doing great and growing steadily. His indoor enclosure is a bit small and needs to be upgraded which I need to work on soon.
I am in Southern Arizona. Just to get that out of the way. I am currently building a house and want to plan for a future Maturin space.
I will be renting a trencher to run my electric lines (to my house and garage/shop) and figured while I have it, maybe I should trench the 4 feet down I want for the block enclosure.
I am planning to build a garage/shop and have the enclosure share a wall with the North side of the building so as to block off some of the heat and provide a little more shade even in the summer while also allowing for some insulation during the winter.
Let's start with a couple basics.
How much outdoor space does your Sully have? This is really my biggest question here. I am debating 30 feet x 20 feet (space is NOT an issue, I am on almost 4.5 acres)
Any particular features your Sully REALLY likes or spends a lot of time near? (As their own individual with discerning tastes. I know, hideaways, water soaks, drainage, etc.)
More Advanced:
I was debating putting in perforated pipe along the block wall about 2 feet underground with a grate to allow for excess water to flow from the enclosure (we get monsoon rains!)
Thoughts on this? Has anyone tried it? I can easily mitigate sand clogging within pipes.
For those of you in Southern Arizona, any potential predators I need to worry about that can get over a 4-foot-high block wall? (I've only been here a year, moved from CO)
I was hoping to also run electric from the shop to the hideaway with a heat pad (I believe @Tom recommended a top and bottom heat source?) to keep Maturin warm in the winter. Would you run those lines directly through block to the heat pads, or would I be ok dropping the lines in from above with PVC conduit to shield it? I am worried if I run them underground Maturin could possibly dig them up, not the lines directly, but he could damage the conduit system.
I think that's it for now. As far as planning for my electric lines and enclosure size. Based on some of these suggestions I'll work up a sketch for my enclosure ideas and share in a later post.
Thanks for the input all.
-Sully and his Sully
Our Sully is doing great and growing steadily. His indoor enclosure is a bit small and needs to be upgraded which I need to work on soon.
I am in Southern Arizona. Just to get that out of the way. I am currently building a house and want to plan for a future Maturin space.
I will be renting a trencher to run my electric lines (to my house and garage/shop) and figured while I have it, maybe I should trench the 4 feet down I want for the block enclosure.
I am planning to build a garage/shop and have the enclosure share a wall with the North side of the building so as to block off some of the heat and provide a little more shade even in the summer while also allowing for some insulation during the winter.
Let's start with a couple basics.
How much outdoor space does your Sully have? This is really my biggest question here. I am debating 30 feet x 20 feet (space is NOT an issue, I am on almost 4.5 acres)
Any particular features your Sully REALLY likes or spends a lot of time near? (As their own individual with discerning tastes. I know, hideaways, water soaks, drainage, etc.)
More Advanced:
I was debating putting in perforated pipe along the block wall about 2 feet underground with a grate to allow for excess water to flow from the enclosure (we get monsoon rains!)
Thoughts on this? Has anyone tried it? I can easily mitigate sand clogging within pipes.
For those of you in Southern Arizona, any potential predators I need to worry about that can get over a 4-foot-high block wall? (I've only been here a year, moved from CO)
I was hoping to also run electric from the shop to the hideaway with a heat pad (I believe @Tom recommended a top and bottom heat source?) to keep Maturin warm in the winter. Would you run those lines directly through block to the heat pads, or would I be ok dropping the lines in from above with PVC conduit to shield it? I am worried if I run them underground Maturin could possibly dig them up, not the lines directly, but he could damage the conduit system.
I think that's it for now. As far as planning for my electric lines and enclosure size. Based on some of these suggestions I'll work up a sketch for my enclosure ideas and share in a later post.
Thanks for the input all.
-Sully and his Sully