Built a burrow

[raymond]

Just buoy a underground berrow for my CDT includes a trap door on celling for emergency removal

 

[Carol S]

RE: Built a berrow

Would love to see pictures.

 

[raymond]

Re: Built a berrow

Adding them soon it is fully covered except for the entrence that he made then I took a brand new dog carrier and baried it along with a Bluetooth thermostat so when I walk by it I can get the berrows temp on my phone later in the month I'm going to install a blue tooth camera to have eyes on the inside

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Here's the entry way along with outside temp display

 

[BeeBee*BeeLeaves]

That's way cool! How far in and down does it go? The tort butt picture rocks. : )

 

[thatrebecca]

I'm super intrigued but having trouble picturing it from the photos. Where is the ceiling door and how'd you make i?

 

[raymond]

Three feet down trap door is under 4" of dirt to keep temp regulated a simple hand of dirt will expose built with cinder blocks and dog carry er

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Trap door is under this area of turned soil

 

[tortoise5643]

This is a good idea. I am going to try too do it

 

[raymond]

Make sure to dig it deep enough so the temp stays the same I also added a layer of dirt inside the inclosed space so he feels natural when inside for less stress I made it attached to a den he was all ready making just added incloser and let him connect the to here at my house 3 to 4' down stays between 59 61 degrees

 

[ascott]

Please keep in mind those temps will likely drop once the outside temps drop and remain dropped during the winter months....are you over wintering the tort...

 

[raymond]

Incloser has installation and I checked it last year before I got the lil guy and temp nvr dropped but for safety reasons I do have a heat mat inside just in case

 

[ascott]

Nice.

 

[Tom]

I'm sorry. I'm having trouble understanding what you did there from the pics. Do you have any of the pics from when you were making the burrow. I really like the whole burrow thing and would love to understand what you've done here.

Also, where is that temp probe sitting that its 98 degrees? In the burrow? My 36" deep burrows stay right around 80 all summer long, even when above ground temps are 100+ everyday. How is yours getting to 98 at 48" deep?

 

[raymond]

It the outside temp interor is wireless don't have pics of work cuz then I would get nothing do.e take all the pics lol find a thew foot by four foot (3' wide4,long place cinderblocks in ground to keep him from digging out place dog crate on top don't forget to cut and Hong or cove a trap door in the top cover with dirt I found this easier to do with a hole he had all ready started berried den 2" away from end of his hole and let him dig the rest of the way into tomarrow I will be placing cameras for insidebpics hope this helps u

 

[raymond]

Last night outside temp dropped to 48 but the inside den temp stayed at 60 untill 3 am then dropped to 57