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    Here is the 4x8 rendering of Tom's Night Box. With Exploded view.

    The only place I call out 2x2 is the interior framing of the lid. This gives you something to screw the interior ply wood to on the lid under side. The rest is 2x4 framing.
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    Here is the 4x8 rendering of Tom's Night Box. With Exploded view.

    Agreed mine took several days to build.
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    Here is the 4x8 rendering of Tom's Night Box. With Exploded view.

    I added an 8 inch exhaust fan to mine over the summer to pull in air. I also added a layer of radiant barrier under the top sheet of wood. To reflect of the infrared light back out. I moved to a new house and my yard was less shaded. So it was getting alot of direct sun light and getting hot...
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    Here is the 4x8 rendering of Tom's Night Box. With Exploded view.

    You can move the door to the ends or wherever. Mine is at 1 end. My Sulcatas are only about 20 lbs. I made a 26in door but then framed it with a 2x4 on top and one side to make the entrance smaller until they get bigger. Just for energy efficiency purposes...
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    My babies have grown so much!

    Awesome photos and the shell growth looks great! I actually have 4torts . 2 sulcata named Funyun and Sirracha. 1 leopard named Cheeto. 1 red foot named Cilantro. The red foot is my current baby.
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    My babies have grown so much!

    Yep woul Yep would love to see your pics.
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    My babies have grown so much!

    The bigger one on the left is age is unknown. The lady that gave her to me said she only had him for a couple months and the people she bought it from said they had it for 4 or 5 years. Which is hard to believe at 350 grams. He was very malnourished, parasites, dehydrated and kept dry...
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    My babies have grown so much!

    Before and after. They are at 15 and 10 lbs now.
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    Need some ideas for an outside enclosure!

    You can get a big trash bin like that at walmart. What are you fencing them in with? Can the see past it? Or does it block their outside view?
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    Need some ideas for an outside enclosure!

    Does she have shade in the pen. If the tort is getting to hot.. it will dig to burrow usually along the perimeter in my experience. They need to be able to cool down and need a place to get out of the sun. Also you could create or dig an artificial burrow in the middle of the pin and they...
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    Do Sulcatas need underground accommodations?

    Hey @Tom I built your 4x8 heated night box last fall and its been great the tortoises stopped digging burrows and use the shelter exclusively. My question is, have you had any over heating in yours with direct sun light in the summer. I of course turn off all the heat for the summer but mine is...
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    Indoor tortoise enclosure for sale. Great for babies that need humidity. DFW area, Tx

    I'm selling my indoor tortoise enclosure. I built this a few years back and no longer need. Has 2 sockets for lights or Ceramic Heat Emitters. Easy to maintain humidity. I raised 2 baby sulcatas, a leopard and a redfoot in it. Interior is treated with Truck bed liner spray for moisture...
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    Surprise surprise in my heated night box today.

    All the babies have homes.
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    Outdoor heated box in the Dallas winter storm holding its temps well.

    One sulcata is about 14lbs the other is about 6lbs.
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