What type of wood?

[DaisyDuke]

What type of wood should I use to build a hide?
Sheldon grew out of the largest half logs I can find at any pet store. I gave him a large flower pot a few weeks ago but he isn't interested and just tries to push it around. So my father offered to make him a wood hide similar to a half log just more square instead of rounded. We just need to know what type of wood to use.

 

[wellington]

Regular plywood is fine. No cedar

 

[Tom]

I like to use plastic shoe boxes or storage boxes. I move the substrate out of the way and rest the bottom of the box on the floor of the enclosure. Then I cut the door hole at the right height so it's level with the substrate inside and outside the box. Then if you need to get your tortoise while he's inside the box you can just pop the top.

If you just want wood anyway then plywood or pine planks will work fine.

 

[DaisyDuke]

Thank you both SO much! Plywood it is!

My father suggested a shoe box but Sheldon is too big for the ones I have and with the moisture I wasn't sure how well it would hold up.

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

We use non-teated yellow slash pine for hatchlings.