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- Mar 11, 2011
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Well as i posted in my introduction my tortoise was a gift and most of the information the person that gifted me carlitos gave me was in fact wrong. So his diet was mostly lettuce with a not so adequate substrate in a fishtank, good thing was he got plenty sunlight, also no water (i was told he got hidrated from food alone). After a while i did some research on him and was amazed on how poorly i cared for him all this time so i decided id make proper accomodations for him. First thing was researching online (difficult due to so many misleading and outdated sites) about his overall needs after that i got to building his enclosure...
first i made wooden box 5'x5'
then put a bunch of styrofoam and small stones on top for better drainage with a layer of some kind of mesh to keep it separate from the substrate.
put the substrate in a mixture of soil and sand for low humidity (10"+-) Hes not a big digger, or at least hasn't tried yet but you never know..
im not going to lie i did have some help with carpentry issues...
taking a shower after working all day..
And here's the final result, a week ago its got more plants in it now
The back part is about 5 inches taller so i made a small trench for carlitos to go into when it gets cold it also has a cave made of stone two spots for food and a dish for water for him to soak in and allmost forgot didnt take more pictures but it has a removable chickenwire top for airborne attacks and another one for rainy days.
Im eager to hear any comments opinions and critiques
first i made wooden box 5'x5'
then put a bunch of styrofoam and small stones on top for better drainage with a layer of some kind of mesh to keep it separate from the substrate.
put the substrate in a mixture of soil and sand for low humidity (10"+-) Hes not a big digger, or at least hasn't tried yet but you never know..
im not going to lie i did have some help with carpentry issues...
taking a shower after working all day..
And here's the final result, a week ago its got more plants in it now
The back part is about 5 inches taller so i made a small trench for carlitos to go into when it gets cold it also has a cave made of stone two spots for food and a dish for water for him to soak in and allmost forgot didnt take more pictures but it has a removable chickenwire top for airborne attacks and another one for rainy days.
Im eager to hear any comments opinions and critiques