Our new pancake enclosure

[jp07]

Thought I would upload a few pics of our new pancake enclosure for our make and two girls. We have installed an Arcadia superzoo T5 unit. It produces a lot of heat and when combined with the basking spots keeping it cool is a real challenge.

 

[peasinapod]

Oh wow! Are the pancakes able to get on those high spots? I heard that they were awesome climbers...

 

[juli11]

Cool enclosure. Do you get the right temperatures in there with the tiles?
And it's is really big and I only see one animal :-D how many animals do you have?

 

[wellington]

WOW, that looks fantastic. I don't know much about Pancakes, but I wonder the same thing, can they get on the highest spots or don't you want them too? If they can, isn't there a big worry of them falling? Also, is there a dirt spot for egg laying?

 

[jp07]

There are three in here, they do climb up and down, the basking spot is up there. We have an egg pit in there too, under cover to prevent drying out if they lay. They have only been in there for four days but are doing well.

 

[Tyanna]

Wow, great! Looks like Pancake heaven!

 

[Evy]

I don't know about pancake tortoise but their place It looks like a pice of art.



London my lovely Sulcata tortoise :0))

 

[jp07]

The corner builds were for the bearded dragons in previously, the pancakes hide in them but can climb them. We did try two collated uromastyx in there but they just got lost as they are one of the smaller species

 

[AmRoKo]

Wow!

 

[leigti]

That is a very beautiful enclosure. I don't know anything about pancake tortoises except they are very cool looking I was surprised that there's not more dirt in the enclosure. they must originate in an extremely rocky climate I'm assuming. How big is the enclosure?

 

[ascott]

That is a very beautiful enclosure. I don't know anything about pancake tortoises except they are very cool looking I was surprised that there's not more dirt in the enclosure. they must originate in an extremely rocky climate I'm assuming. How big is the enclosure?

http://www.nytts.org/proceedings/d-moll.htm

Generally these creatures are found in rocky hills and outcrops of the arid scrubs approximately 100 to 6000 feet above sea level. One can spot them in the dry savannahs or flat grasslands home to tropical and sub tropical areas. They are specifically familiar in hillsides characterized with rocky outcrops or kopjes of the arid scrub.

Pancake Tortoises are also observed to inhabit semi arid deserts with scarce vegetation.

http://www.arkive.org/pancake-tortoise/malacochersus-tornieri/image-G24747.html

http://chelonologist.wordpress.com/...amples-from-pancake-tortoises-in-east-africa/

 

[leigti]

Thank you ascot for the info. I know nothing about those tortoises but they sure look neat, I can't believe they climb so well.maybe it's that low center of gravity.

 

[jp07]

Thanks for all the feedback. Still playing with the heat spots as like I said the lighting units produce a lot of heat