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Third enclosure in less than a year!
- Thread starter TFCO
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Just waiting for first coat of paint!
New basking rock it's about 2ft X 1ft
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Wow!!!! This is an amazing build. Wish I had thr skill to build something like this for my sully. How big is your sully at the present time?
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Squirt is 3 lbs or so
We're getting there!!!
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Can you build me a tort table for Oliver?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Ok, serious Sandy again. Can you show a pic of the inside of your home made thermostat? I'd like to make my own. Shouldn't be too difficult.
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Sandy
Oregon-Washington Tortoise Rescue
Mo the Sulcata (4.8 lbs)
Oliver the Sulcata (50 lbs)
Larry the Jordanian Greek
Curly the Eastern Hermanni
....baby Sulcata Franklin on the way!
Lola the Basenji
Dexter the Basenji
John the boyfriend stuck in Kansas...so I get more tortoises!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Ok, serious Sandy again. Can you show a pic of the inside of your home made thermostat? I'd like to make my own. Shouldn't be too difficult.
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Sandy
Oregon-Washington Tortoise Rescue
Mo the Sulcata (4.8 lbs)
Oliver the Sulcata (50 lbs)
Larry the Jordanian Greek
Curly the Eastern Hermanni
....baby Sulcata Franklin on the way!
Lola the Basenji
Dexter the Basenji
John the boyfriend stuck in Kansas...so I get more tortoises!
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What a work out for you! Very nice sulcata I think this enclosure would handle him! It looks way bigger the the pics show if you go back a bit u will see a closer pic of the thermostat. Very easy and cheap to build the cost for me 22 bucks
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It's looking awesome!
Moving day!! Tons of room to explore!
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Yay! I'm sure your little one is happy with the extra space. Love it!
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That's incredible!!
So I'm monitoring my temps is 86 ok for a day and night time temp for his general area this is where he is sleeping I checked squirt shell temp and reads 83! Basking area around 97. And cool area 76
I'm working on bringing up the humidity right now so far this is the spot he likes to sleep.
His thermostat turns on at 82.6 and off at 86
I'm working on bringing up the humidity right now so far this is the spot he likes to sleep.
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His thermostat turns on at 82.6 and off at 86
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While I decided to add his zoo med heat pad for what ever reason going from his smaller enclosure to this bigger one he seems colder not sure why. he is sleeping on his pad now
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Great build! Now I have great ideas for my table my big kids are getting an upgrade for this winter because they outgrew their 300 gallon horse trough already *eye roll*
I had the same problem when I upgraded my kiddos to their bigger enclosure.
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I had the same problem when I upgraded my kiddos to their bigger enclosure.
While I added a 36" zoo med 10.0 UVB bulb.
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Looks phenomenal! 
What are temperatures and humidity percentages? Have you thought about adding more "decorations" in there?
What are temperatures and humidity percentages? Have you thought about adding more "decorations" in there?
SulcataDud3 said:Looks phenomenal!
I will be adding some cactus soon I'm not sure what else add?? Any ideas????
TFCO said:SulcataDud3 said:Looks phenomenal!
I will be adding some cactus soon I'm not sure what else add?? Any ideas????
As for my temps and humidity go.
-Basking area 105
-main area 82 to 86 on a thermostat
- dark room tort den 78 for a cool down with a tort heat pad if needed.
-humidity still working on it as of now 65% working on getting it up to 80
I think adding some fake grape vines a long the walls would spruce this beautiful enclosure up. Temperatures look good, your humidity seems to be escaping through your vents maybe? If you went with adding fake vines or plants on your wall you could cover the vents and allow some airflow, but just enough where you might be able to get your humidity higher.
Here's what I did on a much smaller scale.
Here's what I did on a much smaller scale.
TFCO said:
SulcataDud3 said:I think adding some fake grape vines a long the walls would spruce this beautiful enclosure up. Temperatures look good, your humidity seems to be escaping through your vents maybe? If you went with adding fake vines or plants on your wall you could cover the vents and allow some airflow, but just enough where you might be able to get your humidity higher.
Here's what I did on a much smaller scale.
TFCO said:
Very nice set-up! I will have to shop around to see what kinds of fake plants I can come up with. Thanks for the pointers!!!
TFCO said:SulcataDud3 said:I think adding some fake grape vines a long the walls would spruce this beautiful enclosure up. Temperatures look good, your humidity seems to be escaping through your vents maybe? If you went with adding fake vines or plants on your wall you could cover the vents and allow some airflow, but just enough where you might be able to get your humidity higher.
Here's what I did on a much smaller scale.
TFCO said:
Very nice set-up! I will have to shop around to see what kinds of fake plants I can come up with. Thanks for the pointers!!!
Oh ya as for my vents they are adjustable on the outside of the enclosure I will mess around with it this weekend.
