NEW!! Tortoise Indoor Enclosure!!! 🐢
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- Опубликовано: 18 июл 2022
- NEW TORTOISE INDOOR ENCLOSURE 🐢 🐢
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It was a big project as this was a big build (6x3) but the end result is phenomenal and eye catching, billy is a 2 year old leopard tortoise and loves climbing and eating 😂, this new indoor tortoise table will provide him with more room and more area to climb. Thank ya’ll so much for the continuous support on both platforms instagram and here on youtube if you’re new to my channel there is a beautiful red button that says subscribe and a grey like button and if you press it changes color!!
Music :)
Turn it up by cochsie (remix)
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This is so beautiful 🤩 ❤🐢
Awesome set up! I can’t wait to make one myself when I get my own place
Awesome build! billy got a SERIOUS upgrade!!
Thank you Terence, it was some project but the result is eye catching, plus billy absolutely loves it!!! ❤️ 🐢
This Enclosure is Beautiful !
Best enclosure I’ve seen on RUclips thus far, great job.
Thank you so much!!!
Looks amazing
This is simply perfect! Im going to build a enclosure for the 5 years old male of Hermanns tortoise for the indoor, I watch many videos with these instrucitons. The way you built the stairs with the upper platform is great!
Thank you so much!! It was tricky but the end result is so worth it, i would love to se e your torts enclosures once your done building them, keep me posted!!
Very nice!
Great set up! 🎉
Like 125! Hi my friend, beautiful animal and beautiful enclosure! Nice setup! Take care and God bless! Animal Papa! 😎👍🙏
That’s awesome man
I am so copying some of your ideas. Love the rocks in his water bowl. I know my baby CRUSH would love this
Super!❤❤❤❤❤❤ Danke schön!
Insane set up
Amazing setup enclosur
That is so hard!!!OMG!!
Dancing tortoise?!?! 😂 There's something ya don't see everyday lol. Brilliant reptile, insane enclosure. You must be proud af. Wtg, dude
Thank you 😊
Good work!
Thank you!!
Nice Video! Thank you
That’s is the Dream!! 🥰✨
Yes!! He is loving it!!
Beautiful, your light bill must be exorbitantly high. Nice build.
AMAZING!
Thank you!
Omg the best ❤
I'm jealous of him😂
Steps made out of 100% Bamboo what is this the Taj Mahal sick 😂👌🏾
Gotta do this for my girl 😍
What a awesome enclosure can you share the link for the personalized slate
AMAZING build :) My torts inclosers even better, its got free roam of my home like a dog or cat :)
Thanks for the positive feedback, but i don’t personally think thats a good idea free roam for a tortoises around your house, i dont know how big your tortoise is but if its small then you lose him, and the second thing is he can destroy your house by peeing pooping trying to climb things, i dont think its so great, obv torts need freedom but i take mines outside so he gets natural sunlight and plenty of fresh green grass to monch on!!
@@tortoisegeneral mines small, blocked off any hidy hole so cant loose him or climb, i clean up after him and he's trained to his lamp, its great, comes and go's from his lamp when he wants to warm
6:30 little bro looks like he's jammin with the beat
Favorite comment 😂
Our Sulcata would tear that sheet up! How is it meow, a year later?
Nice enclosure ,i put little stones in my female herman tortoises dish and she started eating them??? Took them out asap. Pretty tort💚
That’s interesting 🤨 im glad you took them out in time though! Its things like these that are trial and error!
Great set up and video!! What do you keep the humidity at? Do you mist the enclosure?
My leopard tortoises shell is starting to pyramid. I believe it’s because of lack of humidity as a hatchling. Not sure though.
Billy has a beautiful shell!
Hi Christine, i don’t monitor the humidity, i do mist the enclosure slightly each morning this is mainly for the plants, leopard tortoises are African species of tortoises so humidity at around 30-40% is ideal but this depends on the age if its a baby or hatchling I would recommend 70%, but humidity is not the main culprit of pyramiding, i would say there is too much protein in its diet as this causes extra growth rings.
@@tortoisegeneral thank you so much for your response. I will look into his diet and make changes!
Beautiful! I want to build my Russian tortie something amazing, but I'm not handy 😖.
Question: how do you keep wood from absorbing pee and/or molding?
Thank you!! I recommend using a water based varnish that is pet safe! Or using water tanking on the bottom of the enclosure!!
I am curious. Are they smart enough to know not to jump off the platform? I am worried about the tortoise falling off.
I was worried aswell, but lucky enough he has no interest in jumping off the platform :)
My sulcata is a daredevil so everything in her enclosure has to be a gentle ramp so she doesn't jump off and flip
Most are smart enough to not try once they peek over the edge and see the drop they stop. They don’t want to damage their defense in case they need it. Also having plenty of hiding spots and different plants to climb in and out of and explore usually keep them from from wanting to
@@bjandmercy before I redid my tortoises pen it was a regular occurrence to find her upside down, She would make laps that included jumping off the top of her hide, ended up having to bury her hide in the substrate so she had to borrow down to it, plus she really seems to enjoy the digging
And you can also make a small fence so that he/she does not fall.
My partner built me a outdoor enclosure for our tortoise , still needs a lot of plants to go in, which I’m going to try and do this year for my five year old Russian tortoise , I would show
You outdoor enclosure but can’t post it
Hey man, what is the bottom of that enclosure lined with?
why do you have pebbles in the water dish?
How do you keep the bugs out with the variety of live plants and moist substrate?
I never have bugs in my torts enclosure :)
P.S. don't you worry about sand being in his food area? Maybe keep it out of the eating area?
No his eating area was always in his sand/ basking area and no problems :)
Would anyone know where I could get an enclosure made to this level and size like I cant find anywhere and the one place I found said they would get back to me like 4 months ago. This one is amazing
If you live here in Ireland i can make that happen :)
What is the enclosure called
What soil do you use to plant your plants?? I’m using fir bark as my enclosure substrate but I want to put plants. Would coco coir work with fir bark? Please advice thanks!!!
I use just coco coir and some coco chips and the plants love it, i can use fir bark but i prefer using coco chips
How can u see the poop and take it off?
I saw a comment where you said you have enclosures like this for sale, how and where could I buy one. I’ve got a cherry head I’ve had for about a year now and have been thinking about building her a bigger enclosure but I like the way you set yours up and would be amazing if I could buy one
I build tortoise tables but redfoots should be in a viv not a tortoise table and I don’t build vivs! Sorry about that
Tortoise tables... Hmm, never heard of those. I take it this is a tortoise table, of a sorts, a massive pimp table? I used to want one of those tortoises that stay small, but I believe those are desert dwellers. No way I could mimic those conditions.
Having the food on the slate is probably keeping impaction from happening. Imagine if he just ate all his food from off the sand, as opposed to eating plant matter suspended from plants, as he would in the wild. The amount of sand unintentionally consumed would be stupendous, over the years. I mean, those in the know don't warn of impaction just to make peoples' lives difficult lol
@@LukeMcGuireoides yes my guy is a leopard tortoise these species originate from kenya and sudan
I've just changed my tortoise bedding from Reptibark to Coco noir and topsoil. He has just popped twice in it and seems to want out of his viv...is that normal?
Sorry it took me awhile to reply, its very normal i have this aswell, i normally keep his substrate the same it being 70% coco coir and 30% coco chips, whenever i change my torts substarte he always gets distressed especially when i add wet substrate it’s probably because its damp and cold but this is only for a day or two. Let me know if he still does this!
@@tortoisegeneral Thank you for replying. He was like that for quite a few days and seemed distressed so I added some fine beech chips to his viv and he seems ok with that....don't know if that was the right thing to do but I didn't like him being stressed.
@@jeanmcmanus2698 ye if the damp cold substrate wasn’t the issue then he probably didnt like the new big change in substrate thats very normal, i think you did very well by adding in some chips then you can add less next time you change his substrate untill he gets used to the normal coco coir and topsoil!
Ever think about making those enclosures for sale?
I have one for sale at the moment
Looks awesome. Love the home for billy. I will def touch base when I get back from my work trip.
@@Tony_Fingazs no problem!!
Also I just wanted to say the video was nice and your basic Arrangement there is very nice but I couldn't hear the word you said because the volume was too low so all I got was send the pictures
Thank you, i will try to be louder next time or buy a proper mic setup!! 😂
Can you use fake plants or will the tortoise eat and get sick?
You can definitely use fake plants, the Tortoise wont be able to eat them as they are synthetic!!
Hello General what is a good starting tortoise?
hello! it all depends on how much space you have, if you have a lot of space and live in a warm climate you can go for the desert specie of tortoise they get bigger and can really enjoy the outdoor sun, if space is limited I personally recommend a horsehide or Hermanns they get about a foot long and can weigh
5lbs max, but its totally up to you :)
I have a question. I'm thinking about getting a small tortoise, that stays relatively small. If I have enough space in my Apartment, could I keep it in a tank (with heat Lamps, etc. ofc) because the problem is, I don't own a garden, but I still have the option to let the tortoise roam outside since I have a big balcony. Just wanting to hear your opinion :) @@tortoisegeneral
@@Ly-1998 thanks for reaching out, so there are a few tortoise species i can recommend, greek, Egyptian and pancake tortoise. These are all great fun and super adorable and small torts they get max 5-8 inches in length and can definitely stay in a tank, just make sure its an open tank enclosure and they will be perfect for an apartment. Let me know if this helps, and if you have anymore questions feel free to ask me :)
@@tortoisegeneral thank you for the quick answer, that sounds great! I'm a newbie and still learning about tortoises, so I need to ask another question, would you recommend keeping 2 females, or 1 male? Or can I keep 1 female? Because I have read you can keep females in groups in a tank with the appropiate size. I mean, ofc I will still collect Informations and do my research but I also wanted to ask someone who has tortoises and experience. Maybe you can also recommend me a gender that would be the best for beginners. 😅
@@Ly-1998 No problem is was a newbie to and i had the same dilemma! With tortoises especially if you are going for a hatchling so baby tortoise its quite difficult to determine the gender you can look at the plastron and tail length but normally sex is determined when tort reaches 5 years, when it comes to what gender is best for beginners it honestly doesn’t matter i wanted a boy but got a girl and It doesn’t really matter, males might get a little pacey once they reach sexual maturity they may mate with any object to simulate breeding but gender of tort’s doesn’t really effect difficulty they are all pretty much the same to care for females do get slightly larger though! I honestly recommend keeping 1 tort since it’s your first time and you can always upgrade your tort army as you get more experience! Hope this helps!
What do you use for sealing the wood under the substrate?
Please don’t use sand this it can’t be passed through tortoises digestive system so if they eat it in big amounts it could accumulate and be fatal.
what are the dimensions?
6 x 3
Hi mate can you make me one please
How old is your tortoise?
Hey Rohan, my tortoise is 3 years old!
I surely wouldn't put the spotlight above that little cave because they go in the cave to sleep and cool off at night they don't want to be hot in their cave at night they want to be warmer in the day when they're basking and they're out and about walking around just my opinion I've had tortoises for a long time
U see heres the deal i got my cave idea from kamp kennan, he is a great reptile youtuber and probably one of the best reptile keepers, now throughout the day the enclosure is quite warm and the cave is cold, because the spotlight does not penetrate through the clay, and i said that in the video, the cave is cool so if he wants to cool off he goes into his cave!!
The cave is cool during the night aswell as during the day!!
I need a tutorial!😭
This guy will grow out of the enclosure in about 1-2 years so i will definitely have a tutorial on how to build one of these its not complex at all but its a bit pricy!!
high music low voice
Had to skip intro 😊
Looks nice but u should use all real edible plants
please speak louder in your videos or make the volume match the loudness of your intro at least
As much as I like your set up, I don't agree with you giving him food in that sand area. I'd be concerned about him ingesting it and causing impaction.
His food area has been there for 2 years now and never a problem with impaction!!! 😊 😊
@@tortoisegeneral Oh, my bad. I'm happy to hear that. I'd be too worried to do that for my little guy :)
I don’t get why people say this just like how some don’t like big particle sand in aquatic turtle due to “dangerous digestion”. Turtles in the wild live in beach sand that is not fine. Their sand isn’t picky also they don’t have food bowls they eat insect straight out the ground with dirt and sand. I’m not trynna sound like I’m bashing you I’m just letting you know they will be perfectly fine. Nature literally built them
@@yener_1399 Your assuming people are aware of the differences between different types of sand. Until recently I only had access to playsand, I didn't know that beach or river sand was a thing. They may be accustomed to their lives in their natural habitats, but it's up to their caretaker to replicate that, and unfortunately, that's where most problems occur.
bad background music bro...
I am sure you are a youngster and you prefer those ‘RAPPERS’ cause they are cool, i think that non copyright music is best and i really think you need to grow up/ mature for music like this!
@@tortoisegeneral Just telling you my opinion. If you don't like it, you can just ignore it. There are tons of non-copyright music out there, yet you still choose this one. Tortoise is cute though, but that hyper Rap music at the beginning just ruin it all. I'm not saying that hip/hop or rap music is not good, I love them. I'm saying that this music does not fit on your video at all. Maybe you can try some smoother or bossa-nova track on your next video, or even classical music. By the way, I'm a pianist and an orchestral composer. Next time think more carefully about what you gonna say, before judging the people you don't understand and have some manners while using internet.