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    My new Leopards Enclosure

    Very cool enclosure! Enjoy it while you can, they grow pretty fast.
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    Out door heating and wiring questions!

    Here is an update to my to my outdoor heating project. I spoke with management at my apt complex about running power to my patio. Since the diameter of the hole would only be 8mm they said its all good. Let me start by saying this whole project was a pain to complete. I should have started as...
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    Out door heating and wiring questions!

    RE: Out door heating and wireing questions! Thanks for all the useful info everyone. I need to speak with management and go from there. :cool:
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    Out door heating and wiring questions!

    RE: Out door heating and wireing questions! Excuse me this is my thread! JK JD sorry to hear about situation and the meds. I know what its like to have health issues. Smoking at to a.m. tho, you were asking for it. Do all GFI circuits have those button things? Because non of the outlets in...
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    Out door heating and wiring questions!

    RE: Out door heating and wireing questions! I live in California again. I need to change that profile. I was in Washington for just over two years but now I'm back in socal and my torts love it. Do you think this set up could work here in cali if I use some kind of roof cover for the...
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    Out door heating and wiring questions!

    RE: Out door heating and wireing questions! Thanks for posting this. The more I look at it the more I think a roof/oning is the best way to go to make sure things stay "dry", I'm glad to see you think so too. I do have other problems that I should mention now. I live in an apartment, the...
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    Out door heating and wiring questions!

    Has anyone out there ever converted an indoor, closed chamber, enclosure into an out door enclosure? Well this is what I want to do with my old indoor box. I will be using a 250 CHE screwed into your standard porcelain bulb fixture. My plan is to run a thick, short, extension chord...
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    REDHEADS.....

    Do your Torts like Lemons?
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    A year goes by so fast

    Very nice tort. How much weight did he gain?
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    great video

    Pakistan turtle looks bad ***. Thanks for sharing!
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    New Enclosure

    It really looks great. Thanks for posting.
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    Any success with ramps in enclosures??

    My redfoots really love this ramp. They use it everyday. I keep it really moist up there. [/img]
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    New Tort Table

    Thanks for the specifics and the pictures. These are helpful. In what order did you build your frames and floor? Did you, for example, glue, clamp, drill, then screw? How deep is your substrate? Do your Torts ever dig to the heating cables? I really like that power strip you have...
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    "NEW" Tortle Habittarium ******PICS******

    I'm glad you guys like my little set up. Its not actually "done" yet. there is still a lot of tweeks that need to be made. I plan on adding a small tube bulb also. I still need to work out the right combination of heat emitters and light bulbs to use. I will say however that the "closed chamber"...
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    New Tort Table

    Thanks for sharing your process. Pics would certainly be appreciated whenever you can find the time to get them up. I'm sure I'm not the only one interested in this set-up.
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    "NEW" Tortle Habittarium ******PICS******

    My torts love the ramp. Espesialy my two redfoots. They run up and down the ramp all day because its so moist up there. There is a "heavy" piece of wood up there which they love to wedge themselves under and use it to dig in. Only one of my leopards liked to go up there from time to time. He...
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    New Tort Table

    Alan, its beautiful. I love what I'm seeing here! I wish I could see some pictures of your building process. Its nice that you've given yourself so many options buy using all those CHE's. Now you can experiment with your settings, and find what works best for you, by simply unplugging some...
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    "NEW" Tortle Habittarium ******PICS******

    Well its new to you guys. I finished this about 6 months ago buy never found the time to share until today. The plan was to make two large tables for two large tort boxes. I ended up building and priming the tables and finishing only one box before I had to move to my new place. 1 2 3...
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    Caribbean Red Foot tortoise

    Amazingly vibrant color on those torts heads. I hope mine looks like that when he's older.
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