Community housing

[fredmyyster]

Hi everyone, just thought i would share our housing outback. To the right is Brutus's enclosure complete with his bring him home wagon used at the end of the day. The enclosure itself is a 6X10' kennel, i butted his red house door to enclosure fence and cut away to fit door and stapled in place. Inside he has an Osborne HD pet heat pad with T-Stat controller and a 75watt flood overhead. I installed aT-stat with long probe that reaches inside so i can read from outside the house in winters cold without having to open his door to allow a draft. In addition, i insulated walls with R-13 then eclosed that with plywood and built a false ceiling with insulation above. The other 2 houses you see have the same only a smaller version of each. So while we freeze in our house all tortoises are comfy in winter.

 

[mctlong]

Sounds like there'll be some warm tortoise this winter.

 

[ascott]

Very cool....I like when folks have a variety of set ups....good stuff...

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Oh, I forgot to ask---how big is brutus?

 

[fredmyyster]

Hi Angela, Brutus weighs right at 65 lbs. Bernie 30lbs and Bitzy 2 lbs, all Sulcata's. My Redfoot, Enzo, might weigh 7 lbs. Girl Turtle and Chip who are Eastern's maybe a lb Please tell me of your Redfoot

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Hi Ms Long, Its always nice and toasty in their confines LOL Meanwhile, i freeze in my house to save on heating bills

Sounds like there'll be some warm tortoise this winter.

 

[lynnedit]

Its always nice and toasty in their confines LOL Meanwhile, i freeze in my house to save on heating bills

Lol.

What area of the country do you live in?
Nice! I think we need a couple of additional pictures just because.

 

[Yvonne G]

Wow! It looks like down town San Francisco!! I love all those roofs together.

 

[fredmyyster]

I live in Corpus Christi Texas so anytime it gets below 60 degrees we freeze ! brrrrr lol
Here is a photo of Brutus, Bernie and Bitzy

Its always nice and toasty in their confines LOL Meanwhile, i freeze in my house to save on heating bills

Lol.

What area of the country do you live in?
Nice! I think we need a couple of additional pictures just because.

 

[shellysmom]

So when it's, say, 40 degrees outside, what temp do you have their houses set up for? I'm asking because I live in FL and have sulcatas. I bring them in during cold nights, but Tubby is 70 lbs. now, so it would be nice to figure something else out, as he's only going to get heavier. blah.

 

[fredmyyster]

approx 85 degrees in Brutus's house, its easier to control in the smaller houses. Tubby is awesome !

So when it's, say, 40 degrees outside, what temp do you have their houses set up for? I'm asking because I live in FL and have sulcatas. I bring them in during cold nights, but Tubby is 70 lbs. now, so it would be nice to figure something else out, as he's only going to get heavier. blah.