NathanMorrow6
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Hello everyone, I'm 16 and I'm planning on getting some more tortoises. My room is quite small, so I have to improvise.
I plan on keeping and breeding both humid species indoors all year, and arid species with a indoor/outdoor schedule.
I live in Upstate NY, we are dry, cold, and not very reptile friendly. The species under the Testudo genus can do relatively well here though. I want to save space inside for the humid species, so I was wondering if I could build and outdoor pen for year round keeping.
My plan buy/build a shed. My first thought is too buy one of those plastic covered sheds because it's less permanent, my other idea is to build a shed with a greenhouse roof for the heating benefits with insulated sides.
For the plastic covered shed (see first attachment), I would build tortoise table style enclosures for the animals, and I would give them the obvious heating and UVB/A fixtures. Additionally, I would probably end up putting a heating device to make sure the ambient temperatures stay appropriate. Last year we had a -24 degree night so this is a must. My father uses one for his tools, and he said that they stay quite warm even in the cold.
With this idea, I have 3 large concerns. One being fire. I don't want the thing to go up in flames. The other concern is caving in with snow, but I also think that if it's warm inside, the snow will melt. And lastly, I don't want it to get too warm. A greenhouse/shed seems better for this reason as I can implement more ventilation and heating control to ensure safety.
For the shed, I would just a build a structure that has insulated sides and a greenhouse style roof. I would add in fans and such to keep the temperatures safe as well. With this, I believe that in the summer, I could move my temperate species outside, and move the humid species into the shed since it would be able to keep the humidity up.
Any help would be great. Like I said I'll have synthetic heating and such, and if I want I can cool it down to let the animals hibernate once it gets cold, but they need to be older before that. If you have experience, please let me know. A big consideration is that I'm only 16, I don't have a lot of money, and I'm moving out in 2 years, and the tortoises will probably leave the property in 4 or 6, so I know the shed is better, I'm just trying to get the most for the least amount of money with safety in mind. Thanks.
Disclaimer: I know I'm 16 and a senior in high school and getting animals isn't the best idea, with that being said I want this more than anything, and they will be taken care of.
One more thing, any trustworthy Kinyxis breeders on here?
I plan on keeping and breeding both humid species indoors all year, and arid species with a indoor/outdoor schedule.
I live in Upstate NY, we are dry, cold, and not very reptile friendly. The species under the Testudo genus can do relatively well here though. I want to save space inside for the humid species, so I was wondering if I could build and outdoor pen for year round keeping.
My plan buy/build a shed. My first thought is too buy one of those plastic covered sheds because it's less permanent, my other idea is to build a shed with a greenhouse roof for the heating benefits with insulated sides.
For the plastic covered shed (see first attachment), I would build tortoise table style enclosures for the animals, and I would give them the obvious heating and UVB/A fixtures. Additionally, I would probably end up putting a heating device to make sure the ambient temperatures stay appropriate. Last year we had a -24 degree night so this is a must. My father uses one for his tools, and he said that they stay quite warm even in the cold.
With this idea, I have 3 large concerns. One being fire. I don't want the thing to go up in flames. The other concern is caving in with snow, but I also think that if it's warm inside, the snow will melt. And lastly, I don't want it to get too warm. A greenhouse/shed seems better for this reason as I can implement more ventilation and heating control to ensure safety.
For the shed, I would just a build a structure that has insulated sides and a greenhouse style roof. I would add in fans and such to keep the temperatures safe as well. With this, I believe that in the summer, I could move my temperate species outside, and move the humid species into the shed since it would be able to keep the humidity up.
Any help would be great. Like I said I'll have synthetic heating and such, and if I want I can cool it down to let the animals hibernate once it gets cold, but they need to be older before that. If you have experience, please let me know. A big consideration is that I'm only 16, I don't have a lot of money, and I'm moving out in 2 years, and the tortoises will probably leave the property in 4 or 6, so I know the shed is better, I'm just trying to get the most for the least amount of money with safety in mind. Thanks.
Disclaimer: I know I'm 16 and a senior in high school and getting animals isn't the best idea, with that being said I want this more than anything, and they will be taken care of.
One more thing, any trustworthy Kinyxis breeders on here?