Danny Martin
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Hello fellow tortoise enthusiasts:
I have a fairly young sulcata tortoise living in an under-the-bed storage bin with no lid. I keep it outside (I live in south Florida) and have an emergency heat lamp for the few nights that drop below 60 in the wintertime. His box is approximately 1ft by 2.5 ft. He has lived there for the whole year that I've had him. I purchased him at Pet Supermarket about a year ago. He is about the size of the palm of my hand so I think he is too small for an outdoor pen but I don't want to keep him inside with all the healthy sunlight outside. I thought of building an outdoor tortoise table that was 3 ft by 3 ft and 2 ft tall. The legs would be a foot long and the edge barrier should be a foot tall. What is the best substrate to use for the tortoise table? What materials should I use to build my tortoise table? How do I protect the tortoise table from the rain and still let it get sunlight? Thanks.
I have a fairly young sulcata tortoise living in an under-the-bed storage bin with no lid. I keep it outside (I live in south Florida) and have an emergency heat lamp for the few nights that drop below 60 in the wintertime. His box is approximately 1ft by 2.5 ft. He has lived there for the whole year that I've had him. I purchased him at Pet Supermarket about a year ago. He is about the size of the palm of my hand so I think he is too small for an outdoor pen but I don't want to keep him inside with all the healthy sunlight outside. I thought of building an outdoor tortoise table that was 3 ft by 3 ft and 2 ft tall. The legs would be a foot long and the edge barrier should be a foot tall. What is the best substrate to use for the tortoise table? What materials should I use to build my tortoise table? How do I protect the tortoise table from the rain and still let it get sunlight? Thanks.