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I am looking to make a table for my new red foot tortoises in the next couple of weeks, one is around a 5" shell and the other is just a tot (2-3inch shell) and there is another tot on the way.
Right now I have the bigger one in a 55 gallon rubbermaid, and the baby in a smaller rubbermaid. I want to build a table that will keep the bigger tortoise and the babies apart, but in time can be united. I also want to utilize one shared mercury vapor light, and thus eliminate the need for for quite so many fixtures.
This is what I have come up with, please note the multiple "basking" lights are undecided upon and may end up being just a UVB on the babies side depending on how much light I have. Also the positioning of the lights are just a generalization and not a set in stone figure
The table will be 7ft by 3ft as that is what space I have available, 4ft for the adult and 3ft for the babies. That will give both of them a foot longer than they have now and well over a foot and a half wider than they have currently.
I will integrate plexiglass towards the top of the walls so that I can see them better and have a better material to keep sprayed, the divider will be removable so that there can be monitored "hang out" time between the two crowds
The table will be built as one piece and the legs/stand another so that they can be easily removed as my door is quite narrow
I will build shelving into the table as well to hold supplies.
Also considering making a webcam stand so that when I am at work I can keep an eye on the buggers! lol
let me know what you think
Right now I have the bigger one in a 55 gallon rubbermaid, and the baby in a smaller rubbermaid. I want to build a table that will keep the bigger tortoise and the babies apart, but in time can be united. I also want to utilize one shared mercury vapor light, and thus eliminate the need for for quite so many fixtures.
This is what I have come up with, please note the multiple "basking" lights are undecided upon and may end up being just a UVB on the babies side depending on how much light I have. Also the positioning of the lights are just a generalization and not a set in stone figure
The table will be 7ft by 3ft as that is what space I have available, 4ft for the adult and 3ft for the babies. That will give both of them a foot longer than they have now and well over a foot and a half wider than they have currently.
I will integrate plexiglass towards the top of the walls so that I can see them better and have a better material to keep sprayed, the divider will be removable so that there can be monitored "hang out" time between the two crowds
The table will be built as one piece and the legs/stand another so that they can be easily removed as my door is quite narrow
I will build shelving into the table as well to hold supplies.
Also considering making a webcam stand so that when I am at work I can keep an eye on the buggers! lol
let me know what you think