New BIG indoor enclosure that looks good in the living room

[gtc]

I just made a new big enclosure for my greek I wanted to share. I have been planing this enclosure for a while. I wanted to make something big that looked good in the house and at the same time not use too much money.

I ended up with an enclosure 67 inches long, 28 inches wides and 12 inches high. I bought a used book shelf with glass sides. I then took off the glass doors, waterproofed the bottom with first silicon and then a plastic sheet.

I now use two lights a 160W powersun mvb and a reptigo 5.0 tube. The humidity and temps are good and easy to maintain.

 

[ScottishFish]

Wow, very impressive


1 Eastern Hermanns Tortoise 2.5yo

 

[CtTortoiseMom]

That looks great, I use a Vivariam that looks very similiar to that.

 

[luvpetz27]

I love it!!! Looks great!!

 

[wellington]

Looks really nice. Except one thing. You don't have it centered on the table that it is sitting on that's just one of my hang ups

 

[Yvonne G]

Same thing for me, Barb. That really offends my sense of symmetry!...or as my sister says, "...my sense of cemetaries!"

 

[gtc]

Looks really nice. Except one thing. You don't have it centered on the table that it is sitting on that's just one of my hang ups

Haha, I had to sacrifice symmetry due to the zoomed light stand. Good point though

 

[BeeBee*BeeLeaves]

Haha, I thought the same thing - is the right sticking out more than the left? The devil is in the details ladies are in the house!

Love it and I hope your little Greekster does too. If you want to add a little grazing lawn of sorts, I took a square bread baking pan, punched a few holes for drainage, added organic soil and sprinkled "cat grass" (which is either oat or barley or wheat seeds depending on your source), got seeds at Target actually. In a few days, up pops the "grass" and your little one has a grazing area. If you have a second pan, you can grow one pan outside of your enclosure and then just rotate in as gets eatern. Or try a seed mix for tortoises and do a weedy lawn. Good job on the new enclosure. Rocks!

 

[RuthJanice]

Love it! I want one

 

[theelectraco]

Do you, by any chance, know who that bookcase is made by?

 

[WillTort2]

I think that piece was originally made as a curio cabinet or display cabinet.

 

[russianhenry]

Where did you find the bookcase?

 

[gtc]

Where did you find the bookcase?

I got the bookcase\displaycase for free from a neighbor that didn't need it anymore. Lucky!

 

[TortTopper]

I really like how it fits in with the house and doesn't look strange. Good job!

 

[gtc]

Where did you find the bookcase?

I got the bookcase\displaycase for free from a neighbor that didn't need it anymore. Lucky!

That is...almost for free. About $20

 

[ChiKat]

It looks great!! I've been looking for a bookcase on craigslist...hoping to find a good one!
If you find your tortoise is bothered by the glass sides, you might have to cover them. My tortoise is constantly trying to climb out, and I know he would just dig incessantly at glass. Hopefully your tort is a little more content than my silly guy!

 

[Terry Allan Hall]

That really looks great!

 

[gtc]

It looks great!! I've been looking for a bookcase on craigslist...hoping to find a good one!
If you find your tortoise is bothered by the glass sides, you might have to cover them. My tortoise is constantly trying to climb out, and I know he would just dig incessantly at glass. Hopefully your tort is a little more content than my silly guy!

Mine has luckily never tried to climb out or walk through the glass. He knows the glass is a wall even though he can see through it. Sometimes he will look at and study us for a while though. That's why I like glass. Not only can we look at our tort from anywhere in the living room but he can also watch us.