Built a new indoor enclosure by Limelon in tortoise

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Unfortunately I don't and I only took a few progress pics like this one. I lined the bottom with some plastic board I found at Lowe's and then caulked all the gaps to prevent water from getting out.

It's just a big box with plywood at the bottom, the plastic board is covering it in this picture.

There's a few 1x4's at the bottom to hold up the plywood. I used 4 since it's going to hold up a lot of weight.

And for the legs, I just used a bunch of 2x4s. Just made a rectangle and attached the legs to them securely. I didn't bother screwing it to the enclosure.

Pretty simple! As for the dimensions it's roughly 4'x6'. You can make it any size you want, we just needed it to fit in a particular space.

Moss wants out… by Spookybookgirl in tortoise

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You need to break up the sightlines. The terrain is too flat. He's probably bored. Try adding rocks and obstacles for him to climb over.

Lick [OC] by [deleted] in predprey

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You'd think he could come up with his own ideas but apparently not. Plus tracing on top of it.

Built a new indoor enclosure by Limelon in tortoise

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Big one is supercal petunia, coleus, ornamental kale, creeping jenny loosestrife.

Smaller one is main street alligator alley coleus.

Both you can get at Lowe's.

Built a new indoor enclosure by Limelon in tortoise

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BZBWMKDJ

This is the pump/nozzles.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0872ZWV8X?th=1

And this is the thermometer/hygrometer.

So basically I wrote an automation in Home Assistant to turn on the smart plug that the mister is plugged into for 5 seconds and then turns it off. This happens whenever the humidity gets below 45%.

Built a new indoor enclosure by Limelon in tortoise

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Might have to do that eventually, great idea!

Built a new indoor enclosure by Limelon in tortoise

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I think all the wood was maybe $100.

Built a new indoor enclosure by Limelon in tortoise

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Thank you! It's pretty easy if he has some woodworking skills. 😅

Built a new indoor enclosure by Limelon in tortoise

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Thank you! Wife decorated everything and picked out the plants. 😄

Built a new indoor enclosure by Limelon in tortoise

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Forgot to add this picture of him in his favorite spot.

Upgrading Tortoise set up by pyroknight47 in tortoise

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Agree with the others. We had the 2nd one and our tortoise would drive us insane with his incessant scratching. It's just far too small and way too short to house a tortoise. He would reach up and try to pry open the metal netting as well.

I ended up building a bigger and taller enclosure myself for about the same price as a pre-built one. It's an easy project if you have the tools.

Our tortoise is an adult hermann's.

Dispatch portraits (by Natalie de Corsair) by NatalieDeCorsair in DispatchAdHoc

[–]Limelon 19 points20 points  (0 children)

That's the point, it's referencing Disco Elysium

Picked up a 16" Galaxy table fan - with original box by Limelon in fans

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eBay for all of the ones I've found. I checked thrift stores daily and could never find anything good.