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Hello there, new member here. I’m currently in the process of designing and building larger indoor enclosures for my 1 year red foot and 3 year Russian now that I have moved into a larger home. I would love to see some pictures of your builds for inspiration. Would especially enjoy any...

Since I took this photo to show one of our members how I do locking lids, I figure I'd post this so others can also see. :) Each of the habitats is 10ft x 10ft (I have a total of 4 for RTs, plus one for my junior leopards, and the area around them is inhabited by an adult leopard tortoise)...

Last year we moved from suburbian SW WA to rural central AR. Of course I brought my tortoises with me, and initially set them up in temporary enclosures. Over the Fall and Winter I then proceeded to build their permanent outdoor habitats. (Ps: if you don't feel like reading and just want to...

Hi everyone, I finished Joni’s mezzanine dining terrace yesterday and both myself and Joni are pretty pleased with the results so I thought I’d show it off. I replaced the back of the viv with marine ply as the previous back had started to rot and I took the opportunity to neaten up the...

My mom asked a good friend of hers if he could help us build the enclosure I drew for my red foot tortoise and he worked on it with a friend of his on their spare time and they REALLY pulled through!! Originally my sister and I would build it... imagine how that would turn out with no experience...

My tortoise (5 months old) is currently in a wooden enclosure, so far it’s been great for keeping the correct temps and humidity along with a humid hide option. However I planned on moving him outdoors when the lease is up on my studio apartment but due to some life circumstances he has to stay...

I'm planning to hopefully build a new enclosure for my 2 year old red foot but with 0 experience in building anything, 0 knowledge about wood and 0 knowledge about insulation I wanted to take some precautions and ask if there are any possible mistakes to avoid making my first enclosure and any...

So I built my enclosure based upon to Greek tortoise care sheet in this forum but now I'm panicking since there was a recommendation of 50/50 topsoil and play sand. Thus, I'm probably going to be replacing all the substrate as soon as possible, buying and burying more plants and the testudo...

Hello all, I am working on plans to build a 10' by 3' closed habitat for my redfoot. I am planning on making the frame out of wood, walls with styrofoam insulation between two thin layers of plywood. At this point, this is the largest I can make it. I'm hoping that if I made it in two pieces...

Hello all! So it's that time to build my Horsefield tortoise, Hank a new table. I went to town on his current setup with temperature sensors, automated lights, LCD screens etc. This time around I am going even more over the top and integrating Hank's new table into my smart home which will allow...