A little slice of Nature...(Hermanni Hermanni)

[KevinGG]

I finally finished the new enclosure for the new additions (1.2 Sardinian Testudo Hermanni Hermanni) I figure I’ll try something a little different. I’ll just post some pictures and answer any questions people have. This way I don’t write 500% too much with info no one cares about.

Here it is:













Thanks for looking. More photos and videos on my Instagram: @theturtleisyou

 

[Alex Z]

That is a beautiful buddy. How big is it and its home?

 

[Bee62]

I finally finished the new enclosure for the new additions (1.2 Sardinian Testudo Hermanni Hermanni) I figure I’ll try something a little different. I’ll just post some pictures and answer any questions people have. This way I don’t write 500% too much with info no one cares about.

Here it is:

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Thanks for looking. More photos and videos on my Instagram: @theturtleisyou

This is a beautiful enclosure for your torts. Da you have a heat bulb or UVB bulb in the lamp above ?

 

[TammyJ]

It's really nice! But can they get into the spanish jar hide? And if they do, might they climb up the sides and tip over?

 

[TammyJ]

And what about the humidity?

 

[KevinGG]

It's really nice! But can they get into the spanish jar hide? And if they do, might they climb up the sides and tip over?

It is not a hide. It is too high and narrow for them to fit inside of. Regular indoor humidity is fine for the adults of this species. I do try and mist them down most mornings as they would receive coastal mist in the wild.

 

[KevinGG]

This is a beautiful enclosure for your torts. Da you have a heat bulb or UVB bulb in the lamp above ?

No uvb. These tortoises spend the majority of the year outdoors and come inside only for the colder months. The lamp in the back left corner is a flood light that provides heat for the basking area.

 

[KevinGG]

That is a beautiful buddy. How big is it and its home?

Thank you. It is almost exactly 7ft x 5ft excluding the cutout for the curtain.

 

[Bee62]

No uvb. These tortoises spend the majority of the year outdoors and come inside only for the colder months. The lamp in the back left corner is a flood light that provides heat for the basking area.

Okay. So they don`t brumate. My Hermanns also not brumate and live outdoors in summer.
Do your torts eat leafs of the money tree ? Do they like them ?

 

[KevinGG]

Okay. So they don`t brumate. My Hermanns also not brumate and live outdoors in summer.
Do your torts eat leafs of the money tree ? Do they like them ?

All of the plants I picked are edible but not the best tasting or the best textured. They’ve only been in the habitat for a few days now, but so far no problems.

 

[Bee62]

All of the plants I picked are edible but not the best tasting or the best textured. They’ve only been in the habitat for a few days now, but so far no problems.

I only asked because I have a money tree too but I am not sure to feed the leaves to my tortoises.

 

[KevinGG]

I only asked because I have a money tree too but I am not sure to feed the leaves to my tortoises.

You can, but they might not like it. The more common name is jade plant and it is edible.

 

[KevinGG]

I did this on my instagram, @theturtleisyou, so I thought I’d post these pictures here too (plus a few extras). Hopefully, these provide some context to how the table was built. Thanks for looking.

 

[Salspi]

Nice skills

 

[KevinGG]

Nice skills

Thank you

 

[CarolM]

I did this on my instagram, @theturtleisyou, so I thought I’d post these pictures here too (plus a few extras). Hopefully, these provide some context to how the table was built. Thanks for looking.

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That is really beautiful.

 

[KevinGG]

That is really beautiful.

Thanks Carol [emoji1431]

 

[chemprentice]

Nice enclosure! Random question - how are you going to access the curtains in front of the enclosure?

 

[KevinGG]

Nice enclosure! Random question - how are you going to access the curtains in front of the enclosure?

Thank you [emoji1431]. Good question haha. I think I’m going to buy one of the extendable claws that people with limited mobility use to reach.

 

[Ghazan]

Nice work