Recent content by CorwinD

So I've read a few threads here about tortoises and music and I guess they feel the vibrations more than anything. But I've noticed some funny behavior I just felt like sharing. I have a record player with two tall speakers that are on the ground (old school model) and I swear my tortoise...

Yeah I've definitely considered the potential of her eating something. The size of the decor would definitely be proportionately larger than her. Although at first she did try to nibble on batman until giving up and pushing him over. The color of the penny might be difficult then. I imagine the...

So not too long ago I put a little batman figurine inside of Belthasar's enclosure just to see how she'll react. Turns out I think she likes it, as I've caught her napping next to it fairly frequently. So my friends and I were talking about a possible theme and decided to get more decoration...

Understood. I'll get to correcting that immediately. Other than that though, everything look good?

Not even the nighttime red light? The green looking light isn't green it's just looking that way in the picture. It's an mvb with white light.

All finished. Lemme know what you think.

Oh that's what I meant. The lights will come inside of the enclosure and I'll insulate the holes bored into the top that will only be used to thread the plugin through. But yeah the heat and lights will reside within the enclosure.

So an update on my enclosure: the walls are still off as of now. But as soon as the trim on the front facade finishes drying I'll put in the plexiglass (held by the trim and will be insulated after installation) over the holes in the front. The top is three lids that I'm going to bore holes into...

Okay well I'm definitely going to rework my design. Honestly the box design seems much more cost efficient than what I was planning. Seems so simple now that I think about it. So would plywood walls would work fine? I especially liked the open wall for viewing, would I just use a hinged...

First and foremost, the enclosure is for a ~7 month old sulcata. My plan is to build it out of wood with the dimensions being 3'x4', with 1' walls. I was planning on using 1"x12" boards for the walls and plywood for the base. I've read a few things about utilizing tiling and waterproof sealants...

Belthasar after his Thanksgiving feast.

Since getting his humidity up into the constant 80% his substrate is pretty damp. Is that okay? I'm just worried about him sleeping in the damp substrate (organic soil and coco coir, primarily coco coir) and it making him sick or something.

Okay after just a few days he certainly isn't as vocal. Still whines while soaking every now and then, but after getting his temps back to normal and his humidity up he's back to basically silent. I'll be honest, I was kind of hoping he was just a vocal tortoise. But I'll take healthy over...

Here's little Belthasar drying off after his soak. He's never been a fan of soaking but he's getting a better attitude about it. Also just a photo of him during one of his rounds around his enclosure.

Can and will do. Thank you very much!