Hand made Sulcata enclosure

[Menno]

I will first introduce myself. My name is Menno and i live in the Netherlands, that is also the main cause for my bad english. I am so sorry for that!

I few months ago I stared with a big renovation because i was not happy with my old enclosure. Below some pics of the new enclosure. ;-)

Empty, size: 55.1" lenght and 63" width.

floor heating in their burrow, made from a heat cable. The burrow itself will be filled with damp coco coir.

I have made a decorative wall ​​of styrofoam.

Some blueprints:

The shape:

For the strenght i used tile cement.

Everything in the perfect color.

I used special clay-sand for their substrate, so they can burrow holes.

This is a very deep burrow!

I use special terra cotta jars. When i fill them with water, the bottom layer will be moist. This activate the instinct of the sulcata to dig.

And some other pictures:

The pictures are a bit dark, in real it isn't that dark!

 

[shellfreak]

Wow. Great job.

 

[nate.mann]

thats awesome, but because the are Sulcatas, that enclosure wont last long as they will grow out of it. haha

 

[Sazzy_879]

That's amazing, you should do that as a living and sell them. Id buy one for mine. Its Awesome

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

But it looks great it has a lot of detail and most of all a lot of love put in it

 

[Maggie and Torie the Tort]

Wow!!!!

 

[alysciaingram]

You're English isn't as bad as you think. There are people in the US that can't speak as well as you just did

Your enclosure is fantastic! Great job. It will be great for the little ones.

 

[Menno]

Thanks

 

[tortugatamer]

Very good job on the walls of the tort house!

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[Lannen]

Wow, what a great job. It looks very nice.

It won't be long before you have to supersize it though!

 

[Evy]

Welcome and thank you for sharing your amazing job. Looks fantastic !!! I agree your English it's good. :0))


My loves:
Husband
2 dogs Blue (European hunt-mix) and Baxter (chiwinnie)
Penny (sulcata)

 

[Dizisdalife]

Awesome! Such a combination of imagination and craftsmanship.

 

[J REED]

Awesome!!

Jeremy

 

[Tom]

You are an artist.

 

[lynnedit]

That looks like a labor of love, very natural!

 

[mike taylor]

Sweet I thought I was looking at a picture of Africa.

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[Menno]

Thank you for all the positive comments! I hope the tortoises will enjoy their new enclosure.

 

[Laura]

Awsome!!!
is that sand tho?

 

[laney]

Looks great, I would like to try some styrofoam, cement covered decorations. Can you tell me if its a special paint that you use? And how do you find it for strength (if they bite it does it stay nice and secure)?

 

[Menno]

Thank you!

And eh.. What does 'tho' mean?