Will my idea work? [Advice Requested]

[Dylanruenz]

Hello,

I am creating a new home for my tortoises and I cam across two ideas on google images. They seem like good ideas and they won't cost a fortune. Please give me feedback on these ideas!

Idea 1: http://imgur.com/fufko45
Idea 2: http://imgur.com/0ar6cDO

Winter is coming around the corner so I would install some sort of heat source\

Thanks!

 

[johnsonnboswell]

We need to know where you live and what kind of tortoise in order to comment. Climate matters.

 

[Dylanruenz]

We need to know where you live and what kind of tortoise in order to comment. Climate matters.

I live in Phoenix, Arizona. Lots of rain in monsoon season right now, and the winters can drop to the 40s at night

 

[Yvonne G]

How fun! That first image, the cinderblock house, is my 110lb sulcata's old house that I tore down earlier this year to put up a regular shed. That house worked well for about 10 years, but I got tired of propping the lid open and leaning inside to clean it out. He had a 60 watt black bulb hanging from the ceiling, and a 1.5x2' pig blanket on the floor. It worked like a champ.

 

[Dylanruenz]

How fun! That first image, the cinderblock house, is my 110lb sulcata's old house that I tore down earlier this year to put up a regular shed. That house worked well for about 10 years, but I got tired of propping the lid open and leaning inside to clean it out. He had a 60 watt black bulb hanging from the ceiling, and a 1.5x2' pig blanket on the floor. It worked like a champ.

What are the flaps used in the door area?

 

[ZEROPILOT]

What are the flaps used in the door area?

I'm guessing to keep out drafts? I use them too, but on a smaller scale.

 

[Dylanruenz]

I'm guessing to keep out drafts? I use them too, but on a smaller scale.

My apologies for the confusion, i understand the purpose of the flaps. I want to know the proper term of those flaps or where I can buy them, do you know?

 

[ZEROPILOT]

I use automotive car/truck tire "Mud flaps". I have them used at work. (I'm a mechanic) But any thick, flexible rubber could be cut to size including floor mat or home entrance mat material.
Anything that the wind wont blow around, but tortoises can push aside. For that matter, maybe even sections of carpet would work.

 

[Dylanruenz]

I use automotive car/truck tire "Mud flaps". I have them used at work. (I'm a mechanic) But any thick, flexible rubber could be cut to size including floor mat or home entrance mat material.

Exactly what I was looking for! Thank you