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Originally Posted by Wyannis
My husband is currently building me a shed and run for my tortoises to hopefully live in all year round. It has a concrete floor at the moment but will have insulation and flooring on top of that when it is finished. Jan your set up looks like what I am aiming for. Is there a reason you have used shingle rather than top soil? Also any other tips or suggestions as now the frame of the shed is up, I am struggling with how to go about the inside of it.
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I use top soil in the indoor pen but found top soil on the floor of the shed a real mess. I also put an old dog basket in the shed full on soil in case I had put too much pea shingle down - but they walked over it once and that was it. They only tend to spend time in their indoor house or out in the garden. They only spend time in the shed if I have put the lamp on because of the weather and they bask under there for a while.
I put loft insulation boards on top of the concrete floor.
I am still wondering about insulating the shed as it is often the same temperature as outside. What I have concentrated on is insulating their house. In the winter when they were hibernating I used really think loft insulation on the top and bubble wrap round the sides. Monitoring the temperature was really important as I had to put the ceramic lamp on a couple of times next to their hibernation area to ensure stayed at 5 degrees. This year I will be setting up automatic heating to come on to keep from going below freezing.