Tortoise table viv combo

[marko]

living in the UK with cold winter's my house is on the cold side,
So I was struggling to get a precise temperature in my table so I came up with this , I can leave doors open if needed, could be useful for other people in colder climates to see

 

[ZEROPILOT]

I like that design.
It handles the "where to hang the light" question!

 

[sibi]

Great idea. I always worry about all the torts that live in colder climates. It has to be tough on their little bodies dealing with cold temps and not being able to warm themselves up. Great job!

 

[SarahChelonoidis]

Very cute - I like the style. It's practical. It may be a perspective issue, but it does look very small. Seems a shame to go to the trouble of making a beautiful home a hatchling will outgrow in a few months.

 

[marko]

Very cute - I like the style. It's practical. It may be a perspective issue, but it does look very small. Seems a shame to go to the trouble of making a beautiful home a hatchling will outgrow in a few months.

. Its 5 feet by 3,I guess it is a bit small but it is only for the winter,
The rest of the year he is in a greenhouse with outside run

 

[Tom]

That is a fantastic design and very well executed too.

The only things I would change are the red bulb and the substrate.

Did you design and build this yourself? There are a lot of people in the UK that would pay handsomely for an enclosure that looks and functions like this one.

 

[marko]

Thanks ,yes I built it out of a solid beech kitchen worktop and designed it myself for me a open table is impossible to get the perfect ambient temperature with my home heating turning of when not needed

 

[Tom]

Thanks ,yes I built it out of a solid beech kitchen worktop and designed it myself for me a open table is impossible to get the perfect ambient temperature with my home heating turning of when not needed

I wish I could get everyone to understand this concept as well as you do. For years I have been explaining that open tables don't work unless the room temp and humidity in the entire room is the correct temp and humidity for the species you are keeping. Lots of people think this concept makes sense the first time they hear it, but so many others can't seem to wrap their head around the idea and insist that they must use an open table.

I'm sending you an internet high five for a job well done! Thanks for posting this example of excellence. I'll refer people to this thread when they ask how to do it.

 

[marko]

That is a fantastic design and very well executed too.

The only things I would change are the red bulb and the substrate.

infra-red heating light is on 24 / 7 on a thermostat it's 40 watts and gets a nice basking temperature and I have a 4 ft uvb on 12 hour cycle , what should I be using instead of the
infra-red ?

 

[Yvonne G]

That's pretty darned nice.

 

[Lyn W]

My tort is too big for that but it's a great design.

infra-red heating light is on 24 / 7 on a thermostat it's 40 watts and gets a nice basking temperature and I have a 4 ft uvb on 12 hour cycle , what should I be using instead of the
infra-red ?

I use a ceramic heat emitter (CHE) on a thermostat at night, just gives heat - no light. Some use black bulbs.

 

[Tom]

infra-red heating light is on 24 / 7 on a thermostat it's 40 watts and gets a nice basking temperature and I have a 4 ft uvb on 12 hour cycle , what should I be using instead of the
infra-red ?

If its a basking lamp, then I'd use a regular "flood" type incandescent white bulb from the hardware store. If its on a thermostat and used to maintain ambient temp, then a CHE would work best.

 

[marko]

That is a fantastic design and very well executed too.

The only things I would change are the red bulb and the substrate.

Did you design and build this yourself? There are a lot of people in the UK that would pay handsomely for an enclosure that looks and functions like this one.

Changed the bulb and now coir substrate , thanks

 

[marko]

Hi my son made a small video of Wilson

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