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I recently pulled out my old closed chamber baby tortoise enclosure for another member that more or less "stood me up". And never came to get it.
But it's given me the opportunity to take photos and show how a closed chamber can be made and what is and is not needed:
First if all you want a large vessel. This is a custom aquarium. It is large, but not very tall.
It has a plexiglass lid on hinges with a strip florescent lamp mounted to/hung INSIDE. In this case, an 18" 5.0 tube. Because this is for Redfoot. It is the only light. But I had placed low wattage warming pads to the side, back and bottom and as I began to experiment with the system, I found that I didn't need any of the additional heat. (The heating pads never got used)
I also used a single, digital thermometer and humidity gauge.
I just poured water into the corners about once every 1.5 weeks and it gave off 80% plus humidity. And just the lamp fixture kept the enclosure at 79 to 83 degrees.
My house temperature is a constant 73 or 74 degrees.
If you have an air conditioned house, I suggest you try this simple, inexpensive method.
But it's given me the opportunity to take photos and show how a closed chamber can be made and what is and is not needed:
First if all you want a large vessel. This is a custom aquarium. It is large, but not very tall.
It has a plexiglass lid on hinges with a strip florescent lamp mounted to/hung INSIDE. In this case, an 18" 5.0 tube. Because this is for Redfoot. It is the only light. But I had placed low wattage warming pads to the side, back and bottom and as I began to experiment with the system, I found that I didn't need any of the additional heat. (The heating pads never got used)
I also used a single, digital thermometer and humidity gauge.
I just poured water into the corners about once every 1.5 weeks and it gave off 80% plus humidity. And just the lamp fixture kept the enclosure at 79 to 83 degrees.
My house temperature is a constant 73 or 74 degrees.
If you have an air conditioned house, I suggest you try this simple, inexpensive method.
