HiTortoise7

Was there supposed to be some text, or a photo in your message above?

Nina

Yes....... as you may of gathered by now that I have not got the hang of uploading the images teehee  hopefully I will  master it and will post them up soon

Thanks for patience everyone

Jane

Hi Jane, to post a picture, click the 'upload' word (written above the red turtle!) a new box will appear asking you to browse your files for your picture. When you have double clicked your picture, press the 'add files' button and go back to your message and press submit, and it should automatically appear.  It is on a timer though, so you have to do it quickly or it times out, also, the picture have to be small in size or they wont load.

Any problems, send your pictures to us and we will upload them for you.  I'm intrigued to see them now!!

Vivienne

Hi Vivienne

Thanks for your help, I will do that tonight when I get home from work

Speak soon

Jane

Hi

I have posted pictures of the enclosure in the members gallery- need abit of revamping but I think they give you an idea of what we have tried to do- Keya loves it. As the pen it is so long keya has a hot and cold area dependant upon the weather that day, well she has chosen to do it that way herself, which works really well.

Hope you enjoy

Tortoise7- Jane

Hi Jane

Keyas enclosure is lovely and I do love her little house on the plateau.  In fact it is all very nice.  Just one point though (sorry I always seem to have something to note)   if the lamp in her house is UVB then it is way too high for her to be getting any benefit.  If it's for heating only then it is fine.

Helen 

Hi Helen

Very happy to have any comments and advice I am here to learn!! yes that was an issue for me too, but  I have lowered it now temporary,  I feel I am going to get on better with the 2 separate lamps (Heat & UV) as our weather is so unpredicatable, and then I can get a temperature thermastat fitted. Luckily the weather here in Northampton has been perfect torty  weather and that means a happy worry free torty mum

I am glad you think it is OK we have tried to give her a variety, further up the pen there is tunnel and about 3 different hiding places, luckily she is not shy and investigates everything thoroughly giving her approval or disapproval.

Tortoise7 -Jane

Hi Folks
I have put a couple more pics in Keya's gallery. One is of her indoor pen and the other is the apparatus (The Jackson Ratio measerer was my husbands invention) I use for her monthly weigh-in. I just thought they might be of interest to someone, as I know I would have loved to have seen other tortoise keepers set-ups so I could get some ideas.

Have a good day
JaneX

You photo gallery is great, Jane, and the captions are really informative. Keya has such a brilliant outdoor enclosure, and I love the tunnel. I made a sort of above ground tunnel with one of those curved roofing tiles, and I covered it with soil and planted sedums on top, so it would have a sedum roof, but Doris kept climbing up it and eating all the sedum, so now it has a little log-roll wall around the sedum roof. I might just turf it like you did yours.

I am especially taken by your Jackson Ratio measurer. Am I right in thinking that the partition thingy in the middle slides up and down to enable you to put Keya on it and take her SCL measurement (sort of like those things that they used to measure your feet with in shoe shops)? If it is like that, then that is a great invention and you should patent it (a visit to Dragon's Den is definitely in order). And if it isn't like that then I have just thought of a great invention {vbg}!

Nina

Hi Nina

Thanks for your comments Nina. Keya likes to get ontop of her tunnel but will only go through it if I am with her, and have my hand at the other end, she then emerges all puffed up like she is really brave!!
 Yes it was based on the same method of the foot measurer. Keya has her days when we have about 3-4 attemps to measure her but it makes it so easy and quick. I am so lucky that my husband gets involved, I say what I would like and he has the brains to make it, good team really. All orders welcome, I'll Terry later teehee
JaneX