with our crazy work schedules, i didn't think we'd ever get the time to get this cage finished. but, here it is. thanks to tom for the enclosed chamber ideas and to dannel who had the idea for the sloped lid. louis (my one year old sulcata) will finally have more room to run around until warmer weather next spring when we can get him outside.
i still need to get some plants or something to make it look nicer and not be so boring for him. i have a che lamp above the hide on a thermostat and an mvb in the dome light. the black hose coming into the cage is to be hooked to the humidifier sitting below the cage. i just didn't hook it up yet this morning, because the coir was already wet enough to not need the added humidity. the inside of the entire enclosure (other than the plexiglass of course) is coated with kennel seal we found at either lowes or home depot. we used a pecan stain only on the outside.
i probably will have to buy a larger wattage che. this one is 100 watt and doesn't look like its quite going to be able to keep up with an enclosure of this size.
my husband still has to rig up a prop for the lid for when i have it open to change feed and water, etc. and we plan to build a cabinet underneath of the cage so i can have storage space.
i plan to add more coco coir in there to cover up those side boards, as he likes to walk all along that all the time, and just so he can have some deeper dirt to dig around in.
now, if i can just get him well. he has not been eating for the past week or week and a half. i can get him to eat mazuri, but not nearly as much as he should be eating. you can follow this problem in another thread
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-60362.html
this was louis old enclosure that i now have a new leopard baby in. i replaced all of the substrate with new before i put him in there.
i still need to get some plants or something to make it look nicer and not be so boring for him. i have a che lamp above the hide on a thermostat and an mvb in the dome light. the black hose coming into the cage is to be hooked to the humidifier sitting below the cage. i just didn't hook it up yet this morning, because the coir was already wet enough to not need the added humidity. the inside of the entire enclosure (other than the plexiglass of course) is coated with kennel seal we found at either lowes or home depot. we used a pecan stain only on the outside.
i probably will have to buy a larger wattage che. this one is 100 watt and doesn't look like its quite going to be able to keep up with an enclosure of this size.
my husband still has to rig up a prop for the lid for when i have it open to change feed and water, etc. and we plan to build a cabinet underneath of the cage so i can have storage space.
i plan to add more coco coir in there to cover up those side boards, as he likes to walk all along that all the time, and just so he can have some deeper dirt to dig around in.
now, if i can just get him well. he has not been eating for the past week or week and a half. i can get him to eat mazuri, but not nearly as much as he should be eating. you can follow this problem in another thread
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-60362.html
this was louis old enclosure that i now have a new leopard baby in. i replaced all of the substrate with new before i put him in there.
