Squirts new home

[kellieA113]

Progress of squirts new table

 

[kellieA113]

Squirts new home so far

 

[Jodie]

This is looking really cute. What kind and size of tortoise is it for?

 

[Yvonne G]

Nice. He can truly be king of his castle! Are you putting plexiglass across the front?

 

[lismar79]

How cool!!!!

 

[WithLisa]

It's beautiful, but maybe you could remove the roof of the castle? Tortoises want an enclosure with a lot of space to roam and a few small hides. The big dark castle looks cute, but it's not useful for Squirt and the enclosure looks quite small, so it would be better to make use of that space.

 

[kellieA113]

The top comes off so I can clean it and get se light it's mainly a bed area he's a hermans tortoise so he's only small and it's a big table bigger than the one he's in now

 

[Oxalis]

Haha very cute castle! I call my house "the tortoise castle" because our Russian is so spoiled! Looks good so far!

 

[kellieA113]

Hey everyone here's the castle so far let me know what you think. Any feedback would be much appreciated

 

[cuco de cuba]

A beautiful castle fit for a king or queen tort. Would love to see a Bowsers castle theme

 

[Carol S]

Super nice enclosure. What a fantastic idea to make a castle!

 

[Yvonne G]

That's coming along nicely. How big is squirt?

 

[bouaboua]

That is a very cool looking enclosure.

 

[kellieA113]

This will give you an idea on how big squirt is

 

[johnsonnboswell]

That substrate needs moisture. It's too dry. Easy quick fix there.

The raised area the castle is on, the balcony, is that area all accessible to your tortoise? Make sure he can't get stuck.

It's a very cute design, but not space efficient. About 1/3 of the bottom floor space is wasted as a closed box. Can you make an opening into it so he has that area as a hide, too? The raised area isn't additional space at present. Something else to think about.

 

[kellieA113]

I have had 3 people ask me the same thing
To start with I would never build a small cage for my tortoise and have allowed growing room.
The box the castle is on is a draw for all squirts food and stuff so it's in one place.
Overall the new table is nearly double the size of his current one so I don't know why I need to leave more room when he's getting it anyway!!
Also the photo of squirt was a month ago and just before I changed the table substrate

 

[johnsonnboswell]

Without a picture of squirt in the habitat it's not possible to tell how much room he's actually got.

 

[kellieA113]

That's his current table and as you can see it's fairly small

 

[Oxalis]

Squirt is super adorable!! I just know he's going to love his new castle home!

 

[kellieA113]

He really is a lucky tort!
Bought him a personal towel last week as well which he loves
Defiantly a spoilt tortoise