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alley cat · 21-08-2011, 11:15 PM

Thanks Burno, it got started last year but finished this year!

burnt toast · 31-08-2011, 10:54 AM

I have a horsfield outside, he has a hut, run & coldframe but no heat as yet. Ive been a bit concerned the last few days as we have had no sunshine, it has been dull, overcast with quite a biting wind.

I took him in the house a few times last week & popped him in a table under a lamp - which he hated when I first got him, seemed a lot happier undisturbed outside (with the sunshining) but last week seemed quite content inside & ate well.

So id like to insulate his hut (kennel type approx 20" square) I have some thin insulation material with a foil side which I think I can staple gun in place.(do you think this will be enough for the walls?) I was going to use extra materials on the roof. Then a ceramic heater on thermostat for at night but my question is although he will be warmer do I also need to provide a light bulb in his hut to simulate sunshine for an hour or two, or will just the ceramic surfice?

This will only be for a few months as im hoping to hibernate him - just not yet as he's planning!

Bencoook · 16-09-2011, 08:39 PM

Here's mine this year, just finished the shed/greenhouse bit for the winter months:

jeannette37 · 16-09-2011, 09:04 PM

That is so good well done wish my hubby could make things

tootsieroll61 · 16-09-2011, 09:12 PM

My husband can make things !!!!!!!mainly a mess lol but that is lovely lucky tortoise x

shelmarie · 09-11-2011, 09:53 PM

wow i love it, i want one x

RacingSnake · 10-11-2011, 09:00 AM

yep...... thats pretty good

Andyb · 10-11-2011, 09:44 AM

That looks amazing!! Did you design and build it from scratch or is it a combination of bought products? I am having sleepless nights lying there thinking of what I could build for next spring.

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Originally Posted by Bencoook

Here's mine this year, just finished the shed/greenhouse bit for the winter months:

emma_mcraf · 10-11-2011, 11:06 AM

That is simply amazing!

turtoise · 10-11-2011, 11:53 PM

Dudley lives here:

You can see him way down there in front of the fence. 110lb male sulcata

31-08-2011, 10:54 AM	#242
burnt toast Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 5,246	Do I need a light bulb as well as ceramic? I have a horsfield outside, he has a hut, run & coldframe but no heat as yet. Ive been a bit concerned the last few days as we have had no sunshine, it has been dull, overcast with quite a biting wind. I took him in the house a few times last week & popped him in a table under a lamp - which he hated when I first got him, seemed a lot happier undisturbed outside (with the sunshining) but last week seemed quite content inside & ate well. So id like to insulate his hut (kennel type approx 20" square) I have some thin insulation material with a foil side which I think I can staple gun in place.(do you think this will be enough for the walls?) I was going to use extra materials on the roof. Then a ceramic heater on thermostat for at night but my question is although he will be warmer do I also need to provide a light bulb in his hut to simulate sunshine for an hour or two, or will just the ceramic surfice? This will only be for a few months as im hoping to hibernate him - just not yet as he's planning!

16-09-2011, 08:39 PM	#243
Bencoook Junior Member Egg Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Somerset Posts: 14	Here's mine this year, just finished the shed/greenhouse bit for the winter months: __________________ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Marginated-tortoises 1.0.0 Bengal Cat 0.1.0 Siamese Cat 2.3.0 Marginated Tortoises

16-09-2011, 09:04 PM	#244
jeannette37 Member Juvenile Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: worcester,Worcestershire Posts: 815	That is so good well done wish my hubby could make things __________________ I don't own torts they own me

09-11-2011, 09:53 PM	#246
shelmarie Member Hatchling Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: pontefract, west yorkshire Posts: 506	wow i love it, i want one x __________________

10-11-2011, 09:00 AM	#247
RacingSnake Member Hatchling Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Reading Posts: 582	yep...... thats pretty good __________________ Code: .~~~. _ .~~~. _ ./____/'_) ./____/'_) {_}-{_} {_}-{_}

21-08-2011, 11:15 PM	#241
alley cat Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Somerset Posts: 3,150	Thanks Burno, it got started last year but finished this year!

16-09-2011, 09:12 PM	#245
tootsieroll61 Member Hatched Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 365	My husband can make things !!!!!!!mainly a mess lol but that is lovely lucky tortoise x

10-11-2011, 11:06 AM	#249
emma_mcraf Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 11,365	That is simply amazing! __________________ Emma Testudo Hermanni 5.12.2:Theo, Tamara, Tabitha, Harriet, Isabelle, Clara, Oscar, Hugo, Oliver, Florence, Arabella, Esmé, Aurelia, Felicia, Claudia, Atticus, Celestia, Amaris, Tristan and Clementine Budgies: Jasper, Ivo, Otis, Henry, Louie and Luca Doggies: 1.1.0 Chester and Lottie

10-11-2011, 11:53 PM	#250
turtoise Junior Member Egg Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Central Valley of California Posts: 40	Dudley lives here: You can see him way down there in front of the fence. 110lb male sulcata __________________ Yvonne G.

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