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02-17-2008, 06:53 PM
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The way my outdoor enclosures are set up.
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02-17-2008, 07:02 PM
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What are your temps like during winter Bobby?
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02-17-2008, 07:17 PM
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It can and does get down in the 20s at times. I monitored the temps inside the burrows last year, the coldest part of winter was 20s outside, inside the burrow it was 53*F, the warmest was part of winter was around 70s, the temp inside the burrows was 57*f, so the temps changed only 4 degrees during winter here 2ft below ground.
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02-17-2008, 07:45 PM
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I'm trying to plan my outdoor pens, how are you constructing the burrows with rubbermaid tubs?
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02-17-2008, 08:05 PM
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The burrows go from the inside of the enclosure to the outside and down at a angle underground. The tubs have a hole cut out of the side of them. There is a tunnel made with hardware cloth and lined with indoor-outdoor carpet. It is attached to the bottom of the enclosure to the wire, and attached to the tub; this keeps them from going anywhere else.
This is a picture of the entrance, inside the enclosure.
This is a picture of the outside, I do not have pictures of the tubs.
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02-17-2008, 08:16 PM
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All of my enclosures have wire bottoms except my breeding bins. They then have about 4 inches of top soil added, then a few inches of cypress mulch, and then topped with a thick layer of fine hay.
This is pictures without the substrate added.
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02-17-2008, 09:10 PM
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Really nice looking Bobby, my compliments. If this seems like a stupid question, please excuse my ignorance on Tegu matters, but do they ever relieve themselves in their 'burrows' during their active season, or do they always do this outside?
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02-17-2008, 10:12 PM
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Very nice indeed!
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02-17-2008, 10:14 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheFragginDragon
Really nice looking Bobby, my compliments. If this seems like a stupid question, please excuse my ignorance on Tegu matters, but do they ever relieve themselves in their 'burrows' during their active season, or do they always do this outside?
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Thanks for the nice comments guys!!
Tegus are really pretty good about that, they do not go in the burrows that I have ever seen, and it is very rare for them to go in the water tubs, unlike monitors that most often use their water tubs and make a mess.
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