Thinking about making an enclosure

[marine778]

So right now I have a pretty makeshift enclosure for my Cherryhead and finally have the time and money to go about custom making a new, nicer enclosure for him.

I'm looking for what would be good dimensions for a 4" long Cherryhead's enclosure, good types of substrate, good lighting methods, and ideas on keeping it humid.

Your ideas and help will be much appreciated!

 

[tort_luv_5055]

Re: RE: Thinking about making an enclosure

So right now I have a pretty makeshift enclosure for my Cherryhead and finally have the time and money to go about custom making a new, nicer enclosure for him.

I'm looking for what would be good dimensions for a 4" long Cherryhead's enclosure, good types of substrate, good lighting methods, and ideas on keeping it humid.

Your ideas and help will be much appreciated!

I have seen elsewhere on the forum that the enclosure needs to be 12 of the tortoises lengths long and 10 wide.

A good substrate would be topsoil and spangnum moss (sorry about spelling lol)

What do you mean by lighting methods?? Like types of lights? How to arrange the lights? Do you mean heat as well?

A humidifier, closed enclosure should make for good humidity. Also, the proper substrate, that should be moist, not wet, plays a big role in humidity. A humid hide is another idea. Making the substrate really deep under the main heat source is a good idea, I find that churning the substrate through the day helps keep it moist and humid.

 

[marine778]

So right now I have a pretty makeshift enclosure for my Cherryhead and finally have the time and money to go about custom making a new, nicer enclosure for him.

I'm looking for what would be good dimensions for a 4" long Cherryhead's enclosure, good types of substrate, good lighting methods, and ideas on keeping it humid.

Your ideas and help will be much appreciated!

I have seen elsewhere on the forum that the enclosure needs to be 12 of the tortoises lengths long and 10 wide.

A good substrate would be topsoil and spangnum moss (sorry about spelling lol)

What do you mean by lighting methods?? Like types of lights? How to arrange the lights? Do you mean heat as well?

A humidifier, closed enclosure should make for good humidity. Also, the proper substrate, that should be moist, not wet, plays a big role in humidity. A humid hide is another idea. Making the substrate really deep under the main heat source is a good idea, I find that churning the substrate through the day helps keep it moist and humid.

Thanks for the suggestions, and by lighting I meant types of UV lights, i've been hearing that the compact florescent bulbs I have can cause eye problems. Also, do you know a good thread on here or good instructions anywhere on making a new enclosure for a redfoot?

 

[tort_luv_5055]

Re: RE: Thinking about making an enclosure

So right now I have a pretty makeshift enclosure for my Cherryhead and finally have the time and money to go about custom making a new, nicer enclosure for him.

I'm looking for what would be good dimensions for a 4" long Cherryhead's enclosure, good types of substrate, good lighting methods, and ideas on keeping it humid.

Your ideas and help will be much appreciated!

I have seen elsewhere on the forum that the enclosure needs to be 12 of the tortoises lengths long and 10 wide.

A good substrate would be topsoil and spangnum moss (sorry about spelling lol)

What do you mean by lighting methods?? Like types of lights? How to arrange the lights? Do you mean heat as well?

A humidifier, closed enclosure should make for good humidity. Also, the proper substrate, that should be moist, not wet, plays a big role in humidity. A humid hide is another idea. Making the substrate really deep under the main heat source is a good idea, I find that churning the substrate through the day helps keep it moist and humid.

Thanks for the suggestions, and by lighting I meant types of UV lights, i've been hearing that the compact florescent bulbs I have can cause eye problems. Also, do you know a good thread on here or good instructions anywhere on making a new enclosure for a redfoot?

Oh yeah, those florescent compact bulbs are a big no-no. Get rid of that bulb fast, fast, fast. Try tube. I prefer an 18 inch ZooMed 10.0 UV. They are really cheap on Amazon. And the fixture is like snap- 20 bucks for a nice one. You and your tort will be so much happier. Smiles all around