need help building a tortoise pen

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DeLgAdO;1006373; said:
what about a plywood base with four 2x4's on each length wise and maybe some kind of resin covered metal mesh going around the whole thing.

iunno
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sounds heavy:)

when you start covering things in resin it gets expensive. Price it:)
 
I would suggest doing a wooden, plastic or metal pen. Transparent surfaces don't fare well with turtles and tortoises.

Look up what people had done for tortoise tables and pens.
 
I too would go against using plexi (unless it wasn't see through). Tortoises dont grasp the concept of being able to see somewhere and not go there, and don't do well because of it.
 
I stand corrected. I was only thinking of the enclosure and not the tortoise. I would still use an aluminum frame and maybe PVC sheets instead.

(I don't know much about a tortoise habitat, sorry:()
 
rallysman;1006570; said:
(I don't know much about a tortoise habitat, sorry:()
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Don't worry, a lot of people don't; one of the reasons why I don't keep them -- I don't know enough about them. Well that, and I don't want to give them to my great grandchildren.
 
rallysman;1006570; said:
I stand corrected. I was only thinking of the enclosure and not the tortoise. I would still use an aluminum frame and maybe PVC sheets instead.

(I don't know much about a tortoise habitat, sorry:()
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Then why are you telling him how to build one? ;) LOL
I usually just fasten 4 pieces of wood to a bottom sheet of plywood using metal brackets and wood screws. I built a 4' x 2' x 16" high tortoise table for my hatchling sulcata this way. It looks like this. Not my pic but mine is almost identical. I built it for about $27
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BTW, that second pic would be a world record if it was really two years old. The one you took in isn't really that undersized. I think my brothers big guy was 8 inch straight line measurement at 2 years. I'm 99% sure that second one you pictured is more like 4 or 5 years old. My 6 month old is 3 1/2 inch straight line measurement.
Heres a good growth chart http://www.anapsid.org/images/sulcata/sulcata-growth-charts.pdf
 
cichla1004;1006586; said:
Then why are you telling him how to build one? ;) LOL
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I was suggesting a way to build a light weight, water resistant, portable enclosure to the dimensions he provided (for a low cost).

I wasn't aware of the need for opaque sides. I guess a can of paint could have cured my original "design"
 
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