best care sheet for horsefield

[tony23]

thanks for all the info. great help ill have to wait for the weeds to grow when warm whether comes wont be long now. but the housing and stuff i can sort it all out asap i have some money put away i keep for unexpected vet bills as i have quite a few pets lol thanks for the help o yer and the tort is about 5 inch so i guess i cant sex it yet its tail is very short tho and stays sticking out
tony

[Mrs Mental]

Originally Posted by tony23

thanks for all the info. great help ill have to wait for the weeds to grow when warm whether comes wont be long now. but the housing and stuff i can sort it all out asap i have some money put away i keep for unexpected vet bills as i have quite a few pets lol thanks for the help o yer and the tort is about 5 inch so i guess i cant sex it yet its tail is very short tho and stays sticking out
tony

thats brilliant news, well done you! You could use an old bookcase or somethign similiar (Argos, Tesco direct etc) and turn it on its back if you arent good at making things. Have a look at the sticky at the top of the page on Indoor Housing, got some great ideas there to steal!!!

Sounds like you have a little girl there then - mine's a little smaller and has a gert stonking tail which curls to the side - if you can get pics of his plastron and rear end and tail bit we'd be able to sex him/her for you.

Have fun with the build and let us see some pics of the new table - you've got one very lucky tortoise, good on yer for doing everything you can for him and not getting huffy about it liek some other people

[tony23]

i like this one
water features :: vivariums and aquariums :: pond filters and pumps - Tortoise Table 48inch Beech Value Aquatics

[Mrs Mental]

Yeah thats the sort of thing you need, although I'm sure you could make something similiar and save lots of money. Couple of things I arent fussed on with regards to that table, the basking light would be static as opposed to one that you could move up and down - I find moving mine up and down really handy especially just before hibernation when I need to lower the temps. Personally I dont think the sides look very deep - I have 9/10" of substrate and my sides are about 26" deep and lastly I dont think it'd last very long to be honest.

[tony23]

Originally Posted by Mrs Mental

Yeah thats the sort of thing you need, although I'm sure you could make something similiar and save lots of money. Couple of things I arent fussed on with regards to that table, the basking light would be static as opposed to one that you could move up and down - I find moving mine up and down really handy especially just before hibernation when I need to lower the temps. Personally I dont think the sides look very deep - I have 9/10" of substrate and my sides are about 26" deep and lastly I dont think it'd last very long to be honest.

i have looked at a few now and the sides on some are 5inch thats no good ill see wot i can build or my grandad lol
tony

[tony23]

ive had an even better idea instead of spending hardlly any money. the viv ive got it in now its built in to my wall all i did was put a plastic door on the front. i cud remove the door and put some wood half way up then it will have open air and i can keep every thing how it is i do need to add a few bits in the tank i have only had it 2 days this is the viv its in that i cud remove the door

[Mrs Mental]

Yeah taht'd be fine or even take the doors out and turn it onto its back and there you go!! Am surprised you're getting the right temps with the light so far away from the substrate, it seems like its up miles in the air - let me know how you get on lovey

[tony23]

i cant turn it over the back and sides are my walls all i had to do was add a door and roof its an old built in cubard i think its cos im using one of them light shades u use to keep chicks warm it beams down 60watt bulb in it its on a chain so i can lower and higher it if i lower it one more link on the chain the temp goes to 100f but that far up its 90f ill take the door off tommrow and put some wood where the doors was or cut the door in half lol
tony

[Mrs Mental]

Originally Posted by tony23

i cant turn it over the back and sides are my walls all i had to do was add a door and roof its an old built in cubard i think its cos im using one of them light shades u use to keep chicks warm it beams down 60watt bulb in it its on a chain so i can lower and higher it if i lower it one more link on the chain the temp goes to 100f but that far up its 90f ill take the door off tommrow and put some wood where the doors was or cut the door in half lol
tony

I think its cos of it being an enclosed viv that the bulbs so far away - I never gave that a thought though at first but now thinking about it its obvious!! Doh!!!

As for takign the door off and putting a large plank of wood across, good thinking Batman I reckon that'd work a treat and then you'll probably need to lower the bulb down as there will be more airflow, chuck in some top soil and viola, you have new torty housing!!! Excellent!

[Becky Eller]

Tony, he's gorgeous!! I love horsfields!! Im currently in the process of changing my little 'uns home from a viv too