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Zoo Med Tortoise House

Brand: ZooMed
Feature

* Wood sided design preferred by professional keepers
* Use indoors or outside
* Private weatherproof sleeping area
* Easy to assemble
* Modular: remove end panel and connect a second tortoise house

Product Description
A really nice, simple design perfect for tortoises or box turtles. Two lockable top openings, one solid wood for privacy and one wire to let in the benefits of sunlight. Multiple box turtles or tortoises to house? No problem – you can connect a second tortoise house to double the size. Be sure to add the right substrate for the species of turtle you are housing – and make sure to provide clean fresh water at all times in a water dish large enough for your turtles or tortoises to climb in and out of with ease.

Zoo Med Tortoise House Review
We needed a home for our hatching African spurred tortoise (Geochelone sulcata). We looked at several pet stores in our area and couldn’t find anything that he would not outgrow in a year. So we went online and found this cage, and decided to try it out. It was easy to assemble, all the parts were there, and most importantly Geo (the tortoise) is enjoying it immensely. It provides a den to hide in, plenty of room to roam, and protection. The only draw back I have found that if it gets damp (water bowl spillage) the wood can warp a little and the divider won’t fit right. We had this happen, so we took a clamp and held it in place while it dried…worked like a charm.

Great overall product. Assembly was fairly easy though some of the threaded pieces needed to be cleared out of some remaining fabrication metal, which was easily done by poking it out with a small screwdriver. Another problem existed in the fact the main bottom sheet of wood was slightly warped. This made the side walls on the far end of the cage pull away from the end piece when the enclosure screen was opened. However, the cage still closed easily and lined up with the latches. The latches closed solidly and and when were closed…made everything line up again. This is a very nice looking enclosure. It is much nicer looking that a tupperware/rubbermaid bin strewn with lights and cords and such. We didn’t want that kind of thing. The metal screen material of this enclosure is sturdy enough to support a nice florescent UVB bulb mounted inside (though use a low power 2.0 or such to make it safe at such a short distance to the tortoises). I am using the enclosure as a set up for baby redfoot tortoises and the need for moisture and humidity is great. So I lined the floor and walls of the enclosure with tiles. In the top portion of the “hide” area I have set up a heat emitter mounted directly through a whole drilled through the wood ceiling. The bulb sits inside the hide a safe distance from the tortoises and temps inside the hide using a thermostat stay at 88 degrees (ideal for red foots) and the moist sphagnum moss substrate inside keeps the humidity around 75%-80%. Ultimately I am happy with the product. I would consider purchasing one for temporary outdoor tortoise playtime and two of these enclosures put together (as pictured on the box) would be a reasonable amount of room for baby tortoises to securely get some outdoor exercise (though no clear way to secure two end-to-end is apparent). I would recommend this product to others with the caution that one should be prepared to make slight modifications or at least be slightly mechanically inclined when putting the unit together should problems occur such as the ones listed above. Really beats the pants off of building one yourself from scratch.

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