Tortoise castle!! :)

kreacher · 30-08-2010, 03:40 PM

Hey all,
Hope your all having a lovely bank holiday weekend.
Me and my other half got fed up of kreacher being the only one of our pets in the house that doesn't have a funky house so in-keeping with our goth/medieval house we have made her a castle to live in in the winter so she doesn't hibernate

it's taken us ages to get it tortoise proof and we've just put her in to check it out...it has a working draw
bridge and even has a tiny grave yard outside tge castle Walls hehe!!

[IMG]http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww202/
kreacher/16c32e1a.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i720.photobucket.
com/albums/ww202/kreacher/5bbdab75.jpg[/IMG]

Looking through the draw bridge:

Teeny tiny grave yard

And pose lol

kreacher · 30-08-2010, 03:48 PM

Sorry the first two images didn't work for some reason...

clanks76 · 30-08-2010, 03:57 PM

Cool house!

FinnGB · 30-08-2010, 03:59 PM

ya, very cool indeed

tortoise_dude · 30-08-2010, 04:10 PM

It looks cool but I don't think it's a suitable tortoise house. The lamp needs to be at one end rather than in the middle in order to get a suitable heat gradient, and there isn't really enough space. The effort you've put in is great but perhaps you could use it for another animal.

Why aren't you hibernating him this year?

kreacher · 30-08-2010, 04:16 PM

I don't hibernate her any year...I don't feel there is any need when my house is nice and warm...she won't naturally hibernate unless I put her somewhere cold so she stays awake inside...the heat lamp is right at the back and the uv light hangs over the middle so she has adequate space to thermo regulate and all the temps have been set so she has warm and cool spots...as for space, it is three foot square which is larger than a lot of commercially available tables...

ziggy's owner · 30-08-2010, 05:56 PM

I think it's cool, and you have done so much work on it, I'm sure she loves it, and well done

Star · 30-08-2010, 07:09 PM

How cool

You could have a lift system installed so that the little one can get to the towers for watch duty hehe

lisalass · 30-08-2010, 07:12 PM

i love this....one lucky tort!!!

kreacher · 30-08-2010, 07:14 PM

Yeah she definately needs a lift to go up on the battlements hehe

30-08-2010, 03:40 PM	#1
kreacher Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,718	Tortoise castle!! :) Hey all, Hope your all having a lovely bank holiday weekend. Me and my other half got fed up of kreacher being the only one of our pets in the house that doesn't have a funky house so in-keeping with our goth/medieval house we have made her a castle to live in in the winter so she doesn't hibernate it's taken us ages to get it tortoise proof and we've just put her in to check it out...it has a working draw bridge and even has a tiny grave yard outside tge castle Walls hehe!! [IMG]http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww202/ kreacher/16c32e1a.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i720.photobucket. com/albums/ww202/kreacher/5bbdab75.jpg[/IMG] Looking through the draw bridge: Teeny tiny grave yard And pose lol

30-08-2010, 03:57 PM	#3
clanks76 Member Hatched Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Co Down Northern Ireland Posts: 391	Cool house! __________________ Carla 0.0.2 TGI - Sandra & Sadie

30-08-2010, 03:59 PM	#4
FinnGB Member Hatchling Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: England Posts: 649	ya, very cool indeed __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/finngb

30-08-2010, 05:56 PM	#7
ziggy's owner Senior Member Adult Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: west midlands Posts: 4,152	I think it's cool, and you have done so much work on it, I'm sure she loves it, and well done __________________ 2.0.0 spur thighs 2.3.0 hermanns 2.1.1 marginated 0.0.4 leopard 2.8.0 guinea pigs 1.2.0 Springers 1.0.0 hamster 0.0.1 Blue Tongue skink 2.2.0 Beardies And tropical fish Also have baby marginated tortoises for sale

30-08-2010, 07:09 PM	#8
Star Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: With My Tortoises Posts: 1,495	How cool You could have a lift system installed so that the little one can get to the towers for watch duty hehe __________________ 1.1./. Amazing kids 0.1./. Gorgeous Malamute 0.1./. Beautiful Cat 0.5.0. Playful T.H.H / T.H.B 11 Tropical Fish 1 Bearded Lizard Lots of Aspirin Before enlightenment - chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment - chop wood, carry water. ~Zen Buddhist Proverb

30-08-2010, 03:48 PM	#2
kreacher Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,718	Sorry the first two images didn't work for some reason...

30-08-2010, 04:10 PM	#5
tortoise_dude Member Hatched Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 265	It looks cool but I don't think it's a suitable tortoise house. The lamp needs to be at one end rather than in the middle in order to get a suitable heat gradient, and there isn't really enough space. The effort you've put in is great but perhaps you could use it for another animal. Why aren't you hibernating him this year?

30-08-2010, 04:16 PM	#6
kreacher Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,718	I don't hibernate her any year...I don't feel there is any need when my house is nice and warm...she won't naturally hibernate unless I put her somewhere cold so she stays awake inside...the heat lamp is right at the back and the uv light hangs over the middle so she has adequate space to thermo regulate and all the temps have been set so she has warm and cool spots...as for space, it is three foot square which is larger than a lot of commercially available tables...

30-08-2010, 07:12 PM	#9
lisalass Member Hatched Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 428	i love this....one lucky tort!!!

30-08-2010, 07:14 PM	#10
kreacher Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,718	Yeah she definately needs a lift to go up on the battlements hehe

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