out side enclosure

jackie49 · 14-07-2006, 03:44 PM

HI, I would like to put some heat in my outside enclosure have not got a greenhouses all i have got is a cold frame' I don't think i can put heat in that ..
jackie

sandy · 14-07-2006, 03:46 PM

If you put the coldframe well off the ground, on brieze blocks or the like. It can raise it enough
to allow you to put a lamp in. I know a few keepers that have done this, and it works well.
You just have to get it high enough to be able to do it.

14-07-2006, 10:08 PM

sandy, where are cold frames sold, or do you have to make your own
ive seen them used by the ************ on one of their dvds

**sarah** · 14-07-2006, 10:10 PM

You can get them from garden centres

14-07-2006, 10:35 PM

I got mine from lidl- it was only £10 and my torts love it (I have cut a door out, and just leave it so that they can have the sunlight coming through) because they have their shed witht he heat lamp in for basking.
Josh

veebee · 15-07-2006, 01:29 AM

Josh have you got a photo of it?

Vivienne

sandy · 15-07-2006, 09:03 AM

Hi Jackie

I got my coldframes from B&Q but unfortunatly I dont think they stock them any more.
They are made by Halls so you could probably find them on the net. The coldframes shaped
like greenhouses, do give you the extra height.

15-07-2006, 06:16 PM

This one is exactly the same as mine, but just from google:

I took the lid off and put perspex over the top, because it is clear, and it didn't open enough for me to get the torts out when i was bathing them (they always fall asleep in it)

14-07-2006, 03:44 PM	#1
jackie49 Member Egg Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: essex Posts: 56	out side enclosure HI, I would like to put some heat in my outside enclosure have not got a greenhouses all i have got is a cold frame' I don't think i can put heat in that .. jackie

14-07-2006, 03:46 PM	#2
sandy Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent UK Posts: 12,146	If you put the coldframe well off the ground, on brieze blocks or the like. It can raise it enough to allow you to put a lamp in. I know a few keepers that have done this, and it works well. You just have to get it high enough to be able to do it. __________________ < > 60+, keeping ibera, graeca and box turtles \0/ /_\ http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/tortoisefriends

14-07-2006, 10:10 PM	#4
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15-07-2006, 01:29 AM	#6
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15-07-2006, 09:03 AM	#7
sandy Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent UK Posts: 12,146	Hi Jackie I got my coldframes from B&Q but unfortunatly I dont think they stock them any more. They are made by Halls so you could probably find them on the net. The coldframes shaped like greenhouses, do give you the extra height. __________________ < > 60+, keeping ibera, graeca and box turtles \0/ /_\ http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/tortoisefriends

14-07-2006, 10:08 PM	#3
pmullen Guest Posts: n/a	sandy, where are cold frames sold, or do you have to make your own ive seen them used by the ************ on one of their dvds

14-07-2006, 10:35 PM	#5
tortoise_dude Guest Posts: n/a	I got mine from lidl- it was only £10 and my torts love it (I have cut a door out, and just leave it so that they can have the sunlight coming through) because they have their shed witht he heat lamp in for basking. Josh

15-07-2006, 06:16 PM	#8
tortoise_dude Guest Posts: n/a	This one is exactly the same as mine, but just from google: I took the lid off and put perspex over the top, because it is clear, and it didn't open enough for me to get the torts out when i was bathing them (they always fall asleep in it)

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