Tortoise house ideas

[daveon]

hi I recently set up my new tortoise house just wondered if people could post pics of there's for ideas I can steal as mine is a bit bare at the mo thanks David 🐢

 

[jhongsen]

it looks like a prison to me , but it's great very creative

 

[daveon]

got a log today will put that in but still think he may get bored

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[Jlant85]

Love the watch tower! So it is a prison! And the entry at the front is also creative! Add plant is my only suggestion...

 

[wellington]

Need to replace water dish with a larger one and bury it to be lever with the substrate. The best water dish is a clay or plastic saucer, the kind that goes under flower pots. Add plants and I would either bury the food dish lever, or change it out for a flat rock or piece of slate tile.
Very cute enclosure though and nice workmanship.

 

[gieseygirly]

I love it - really cute! Did you waterproof the wood? If not, you'll definitely want to or you will have problems with mold and rot wood. Add some green plants and you'll be good to go!

 

[Sterling Thunder]

OK, that made me LOL. It's funny and then you think about it for a minute and then it is kind of sad, then it becomes funny again. FUNNY WINS a 2-1 Split decision.

Seriously, that's pretty creative.

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi David, and welcome to the Forum!!

You've asked if we would post pictures of our enclosures...

If you go to the Enclosure section of the Forum, we have many, many pictures there of members' enclosures!

 

[theelectraco]

Ware you taking your tort outside for UVB or is that a Mercury Vapor Bulb?


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[daveon]

It is a UVB lamp I will be lettin him out once he a little older

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[JoesMum]

Your UVB lamp is the Compact type popularly known as Coil. These lamps are the source of eye problems in tortoises which can kead to blindness; there are regular cases on these boards sadly.

I advise you to replace it with either a UVB tube or MVB bulb fitting as soon as possible and fervently wish that pet stores would not sell the wretched things.

 

[daveon]

Ow many thanks I will change the UVB lamp tomorrow