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Check out this post. I think it will answer your question.


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Check out this post. I think it will answer your question.


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Thank you! I have read that post so i know that the wood is an ok type to use, but i was wondering if it was too thin because its looks very thin?
 

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Is it for an outside or inside enclosure? Are you planning on painting or sealing it? Will it be used with insulation?
 

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I personally would go as thick as possible without it being crazy to lift/move. Especially depending on the species you are preparing for. I have a Russian and I wouldn't trust that thickness to keep him out of trouble, as I know he's a little bulldozer.

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I personally would go as thick as possible without it being crazy to lift/move. Especially depending on the species you are preparing for. I have a Russian and I wouldn't trust that thickness to keep him out of trouble, as I know he's a little bulldozer.

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Ok thank you!
 

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What species of tortoise is it for? Ur prob better off just going to home depot and grabbing a piece of plywood and have them make ur cuts for u. Id go at least 1/2 inch
 

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Ok thank you!
 

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This wood here is DEFINITELY NOT something you want to use for a tort’s outdoor enclosure. Way too thin, and the pieces are only 10 inches x 10 inches square. This is really only meant fir “crafty” projects.
Ok thank you! Can you give me any good links to the right type of wood?
 

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Ok thank you! Can you give me any good links to the right type of wood?

Do you have a local Home Depot or Lowes available? If you have an idea, or pix of what you plan to build, include a pix here. Both of these stores have good general contracting wood (pine) available. Are you making just an enclosure or an enclosure plus a “night box”.?
 

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Do you have a local Home Depot or Lowes available? If you have an idea, or pix of what you plan to build, include a pix here. Both of these stores have good general contracting wood (pine) available. Are you making just an enclosure or an enclosure plus a “night box”.?
I have both a home depot and lowes 5 minutes away from my house there right next to each other :). Ill go tommorow and take a look at what they have. I dont have any pix but i plan on adding a humid hide box on one end and maybe something over part of the cage to provide shade. What is a nightbox?
 

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Do you have a local Home Depot or Lowes available? If you have an idea, or pix of what you plan to build, include a pix here. Both of these stores have good general contracting wood (pine) available. Are you making just an enclosure or an enclosure plus a “night box”.?
This contraption is made almost entirely out of $1 pine fence pickets...
It has survived several minor hurricanes.

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Thank you! I have read that post so i know that the wood is an ok type to use, but i was wondering if it was too thin because its looks very thin?
It probably IS too thin. "Veneer" means it's a thin layer to glue onto other wood or surfaces.
 

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