New horsfields home

Jess222 · 29-06-2012, 10:02 PM

I hope this picture works

We are getting our baby horsfield on sunday and have set up her home, tempory until we build a table, like a little nursery for a few months. Plenty to keep her interested I hope, any ideas are welcome

Doodle-Bug · 29-06-2012, 10:11 PM

looks good, horsefields like to burrow so perhaps making the substrate deeper would be better for your new arrival

, be warned youwill not stay away when he/she arrives lol

Jess222 · 29-06-2012, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Doodle-Bug

looks good, horsefields like to burrow so perhaps making the substrate deeper would be better for your new arrival

, be warned youwill not stay away when he/she arrives lol

I will gradually make substrate deeper but the problem is she is quite small and I dont want it to be dangerous lol. I wont want to leave her but she will be living at my boyfriends

she will be well looked after though and I will see her as much as I can

Doodle-Bug · 29-06-2012, 10:23 PM

reccomend a depth of 2 inches, it won,t be dangerous for her. Horsefields can dig down 5 feet. They seem to much prefer being able to dig down of a night time

Jess222 · 29-06-2012, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Doodle-Bug

reccomend a depth of 2 inches, it won,t be dangerous for her. Horsefields can dig down 5 feet. They seem to much prefer being able to dig down of a night time

And she wont suffocate? Sorry i'm new to this and my boyfriend has never had a horsfield. Sorry if i sound silly lol i just worry too much! I didnt want to hurt the poor thing lol

Doodle-Bug · 29-06-2012, 10:35 PM

She won,t suffocate

both my girls are as I type under a few inches of substrate and will be ther till the light goes on in the morning. Is the new home once built going to be a table with an open top for air ? if so you will need to make it deep enough for a good few inches.

Jess222 · 29-06-2012, 10:38 PM

For a few months she will be in the above which is a tank with the top off, so as close a compromise as we can get, in a few months when she is settled and a bit bigger we will build her a table, thats what I want ideally but just cant do it at the moment. Will deffo put some more soil in sunday morning before we get her, thankyou

Doodle-Bug · 29-06-2012, 10:41 PM

Your welcome

Jess222 · 29-06-2012, 10:42 PM

I will be uploading pics of the new little lady on sunday

Doodle-Bug · 29-06-2012, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Jess222

I will be uploading pics of the new little lady on sunday

look foward to seeing them , check out this thread of a hatchling covered in mud http://www.shelledwarriors.co.uk/for...ad.php?t=50778

29-06-2012, 10:02 PM	#1
Jess222 Member Hatched Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Stafford Posts: 450	New horsfields home I hope this picture works We are getting our baby horsfield on sunday and have set up her home, tempory until we build a table, like a little nursery for a few months. Plenty to keep her interested I hope, any ideas are welcome __________________ Mom to: 1 beardie - The Beast 3 cats (Bandit, Custard and Honey)

29-06-2012, 10:38 PM	#7
Jess222 Member Hatched Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Stafford Posts: 450	For a few months she will be in the above which is a tank with the top off, so as close a compromise as we can get, in a few months when she is settled and a bit bigger we will build her a table, thats what I want ideally but just cant do it at the moment. Will deffo put some more soil in sunday morning before we get her, thankyou __________________ Mom to: 1 beardie - The Beast 3 cats (Bandit, Custard and Honey)

29-06-2012, 10:42 PM	#9
Jess222 Member Hatched Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Stafford Posts: 450	I will be uploading pics of the new little lady on sunday __________________ Mom to: 1 beardie - The Beast 3 cats (Bandit, Custard and Honey)

29-06-2012, 10:11 PM	#2
Doodle-Bug Member Hatched Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 421	looks good, horsefields like to burrow so perhaps making the substrate deeper would be better for your new arrival , be warned youwill not stay away when he/she arrives lol

29-06-2012, 10:23 PM	#4
Doodle-Bug Member Hatched Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 421	reccomend a depth of 2 inches, it won,t be dangerous for her. Horsefields can dig down 5 feet. They seem to much prefer being able to dig down of a night time

29-06-2012, 10:35 PM	#6
Doodle-Bug Member Hatched Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 421	She won,t suffocate both my girls are as I type under a few inches of substrate and will be ther till the light goes on in the morning. Is the new home once built going to be a table with an open top for air ? if so you will need to make it deep enough for a good few inches.

29-06-2012, 10:41 PM	#8
Doodle-Bug Member Hatched Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 421	Your welcome

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