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''Tortoise table'' for a BTS?
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 9:49 am
by mangodude777
Has anyone here made a tortoise table for there BTS ?
Is there any disadvantages to doing this?
I ask becuase I might make a ''tortoise table'' for garry. using this site for intructoins.........
http://www.russiantortoise.org/tortoise_table.htm
Do you have pics of your ''tortoise table'' for your BTS?
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:05 am
by Bird_Brain
One disadvantage is a BTS could climb out of it.
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:19 am
by evil pixie
ReptileKing wrote:One disadvantage is a BTS could climb out of it.
You could make up some kind of screened cover/lid for it and I'm sure it would be just fine.
for what purpose?
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:46 am
by aggiegirl
Why do you want the table for? Is it for exercise outside of your primary enclosure? There are some neat plans/pictures of forum members pens on this site. PM me if you can't find them. I was checking out stuff for chuckwallas (another large lizard) and found plans for a neat outside exercise pen. Check out Rio Bravo Reptile's Outdoor outdoor enclosures as the same basic plan would work for blueys.
Amazingly enough, blueys can climb much better than those squatty little legs might suggest. I think Zach has a picture of one climbing screen on the caresheet. My own skink will stand on her tail to climb the glass of her tank! Safety first! (Do I sound like a mom?
) I'd like to think our blueys are smarter than torts as well. (But then again, I am a bit biased...)
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 11:28 am
by Fatal_S
I'm not sure the exact point of this. Is there glass on top so you can use it as a neat table? If so, keep in mind that BTS don't like things above their heads, so you eating on top of them will not be good.
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 12:27 pm
by NomadOfTheHills
A tortoise table is just the name for a large indoor enclosure. I don't know why they call it a table.
Re: for what purpose?
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:35 pm
by mangodude777
aggiegirl wrote:Why do you want the table for?
becuase it would be easyer and cheaper thasn buying a bigger cage for garry
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:02 pm
by Leigh
NomadOfTheHills wrote:A tortoise table is just the name for a large indoor enclosure. I don't know why they call it a table.
Because its got four legs
I thought someone had snaffled the top off your pool table
Thats the same construction method as my tank,only I left off the legs and put on a top.