building enclosures

Currently cleaning out this enclosure I made a few years ago. 93cm by 93cm base and 48cm tall with slightly outwards slanted walls to prevent him from falling backwards if he decides to climb the walls. The base is made to hold 3 inches of soil/wood chips so he can burrow. Used to be filled with...

In the final stages of making Colin's new indoor enclosure! Wanted to make one at the start of the year but things happened and we didn't get to, so I'm glad to have it nearly done now. Just wondering if it's safe to pain the inside of the table, and if so what paint I should use? If no paint...

This is my first post so I'm hoping I do this correctly! Thought I'd share some pics of our new enclosure upgrade for our 1.5 year old Leopards. Enclosures are 6' x 6' galvanized steel stock tanks, tops are framed chicken wire that hinges in the middle for easy access (we have cats that we...

Hi all! Hope everyone had a good Christmas (if you celebrate). I'm in the process of drawing up some plans for the enclosure I am going to build for my tortoise. I've done some looking and nothing commercially available is quite what I want. And besides, who doesn't love a project :) he's only...

Hey there! This thread is going to be my new build thread which will be in the works going forward. I'd love to hear thoughts, reccommendations, and welcome and relevant links/resources on the topic. It's been awhile since I've really done a deep dive on the forum and need to catch up on...

Hi all! Some months back I built my tortoise a homemade enclosure. It turned out awesome and has held up amazing so far! I designed it with the intention and capability to turn it from a rectangle, into an L shaped enclosure so that Tortillini could have some more space. That’s still the plan...

Hi all, I’ve been avidly browsing this forum for a few weeks, this is my first post. I am getting an eight week old baby Greek Ibera in August from Chris Leone at gardenstate tortoises. It’s been a lifelong dream of mine to care for a tortoise so I am preparing everything for it to live well...

Hi all, I built a new enclosure for my 9 month old Indian Star a couple of weeks ago and after a bit of tweaking I think it’s ready to share. I don’t expect it’ll be big enough for more than a couple of years but for now 2’x3’ is as much space as I can give her. She gets daily stretches...

Hello!! After lockdown I will be going to pick up my little friend (Tortoise) and bring him home, however I would like to build him a Tortoise Table. I've been looking at using hardwoods, which I then construct using nails and non toxic glue, then using caulking and sealing with multiple...