Loft conversion

Kirkie · 28-02-2009, 03:44 PM

I know, I know lofts or attic's are too cold for tortoises but mine need room! So I've bought the outside in and created a new "table" 8 foot x 5 foot in the loft similar to my outdoor setup. It has a house with a megaray (holding 32 under the hotspot) and a ceramic heater for the night time.

I've be monitoring the loft temps for a few weeks and I'm getting 18 degrees in the day and a minumum of 12 overnight.

Early start

The house taking shape (measuring temps as we go)

7 hours later

My tortoises looking rather small

Quick learners. (there's a sheet of perspex fronting half the house)

ME SHELL · 28-02-2009, 03:47 PM

looks brilliant Kirkie will be glad to hear how you get on with it

mazkc · 28-02-2009, 03:49 PM

aww thats well cool! looks like a lil jungle! bet they'll love it!!

wilsonathome · 28-02-2009, 03:50 PM

looks like you been busy

lucky torts

alotoffluff · 28-02-2009, 03:50 PM

wow, you have some deriously spoilt torts! It looks great!!!!

Kirkie · 28-02-2009, 04:07 PM

Thanks all.I've just added a couple of hides to the warm house bit. These lot get on but I wouldn't want anyone left out in the cold overnight if there was a falling out.

welshlass22 · 28-02-2009, 04:22 PM

Great job kirkie...

Not sure i'd do that thought.....I'd be afraid of them climbing out over the sides and getting lost up there though

anna m · 28-02-2009, 04:33 PM

Looks brillant! And you will stay so fit going up and down stairs

Henry-flash · 28-02-2009, 08:48 PM

Looks good, but are you not concerned about the levels of dust in a loft? That would be my main worry, along with birds finding their way in, which they seem to in ours despite efforts to stop them!

sky · 28-02-2009, 09:00 PM

Looking good!!! lucky torts.

28-02-2009, 03:44 PM	#1
Kirkie Senior Member Adult Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 4,887	Loft conversion I know, I know lofts or attic's are too cold for tortoises but mine need room! So I've bought the outside in and created a new "table" 8 foot x 5 foot in the loft similar to my outdoor setup. It has a house with a megaray (holding 32 under the hotspot) and a ceramic heater for the night time. I've be monitoring the loft temps for a few weeks and I'm getting 18 degrees in the day and a minumum of 12 overnight. Early start The house taking shape (measuring temps as we go) 7 hours later My tortoises looking rather small Quick learners. (there's a sheet of perspex fronting half the house)

28-02-2009, 03:49 PM	#3
mazkc Member Hatched Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: West Midlands Posts: 499	aww thats well cool! looks like a lil jungle! bet they'll love it!! __________________ Maria 0.1.0 THB - Paddy ♥

28-02-2009, 04:22 PM	#7
welshlass22 Senior Member Adult Join Date: May 2008 Location: Cardiff Posts: 2,260	Great job kirkie... Not sure i'd do that thought.....I'd be afraid of them climbing out over the sides and getting lost up there though __________________ Joanna

28-02-2009, 08:48 PM	#9
Henry-flash Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Cheshire Posts: 9,304	Looks good, but are you not concerned about the levels of dust in a loft? That would be my main worry, along with birds finding their way in, which they seem to in ours despite efforts to stop them! __________________ Peter Keeping: Testudo hermanni, Testudo graeca (graeca & ibera ), Testudo horsfieldi, Astrochelys radiata, Malacochersus tornieri and Kinixys belliana. The North West Tortoise Group

28-02-2009, 09:00 PM	#10
sky Senior Member Adult Join Date: May 2008 Location: South Wales Posts: 2,901	Looking good!!! lucky torts. __________________ Kayx 2.7.4 THB 0.3.0 Gpigs 1 grumpy husband

28-02-2009, 03:47 PM	#2
ME SHELL Senior Member Adult Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 8,484	looks brilliant Kirkie will be glad to hear how you get on with it

28-02-2009, 03:50 PM	#4
wilsonathome Member Hatchling Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: south wales Posts: 632	looks like you been busy lucky torts

28-02-2009, 03:50 PM	#5
alotoffluff Senior Member Adult Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: greenwich, london, previously born and brought up in Kent! Posts: 2,127	wow, you have some deriously spoilt torts! It looks great!!!!

28-02-2009, 04:07 PM	#6
Kirkie Senior Member Adult Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 4,887	Thanks all.I've just added a couple of hides to the warm house bit. These lot get on but I wouldn't want anyone left out in the cold overnight if there was a falling out.

28-02-2009, 04:33 PM	#8
anna m Senior Member Adult Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 4,091	Looks brillant! And you will stay so fit going up and down stairs

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