BIRASILIndoor Tortoise Habitat for Landscaping, Wooden Large Tortoises Enclosure for Small Animals

The media could not be loaded. This is an awesome enclosure—definitely a challenge to build, but totally worth it! Thankfully, my husband’s the handier one, so we teamed up and got it done together.Tips from our build:• Have a drill and a rubber/plastic mallet on hand to help fit the wood pieces together—just be gentle so the wood doesn’t split• For our Hermann tortoise, we had to aim for a minimum of 8x4 ft of space. We got two enclosures and plan to add a third soon.• For UVB lights, we grabbed three 1x4 8ft planks from Home Depot, cut them to size, and used chains to hang the lights so they’re adjustable.• We used the extra wood to make the setup look more finished and centered.• Before adding substrate, we lined the base with PVC pond linerWe aren’t done yet! We want to build a hide for her and maybe add some grow lights for some plants she can graze on.What we love:• Super sturdy• Easy to clean (open design!)• Bigger than your average enclosure• good quality• Looks greatSorta cons:• Definitely not easy to build—took us the whole weekend and a trip to home depot• You’ll need tools (and patience)

I used to be a carpenter by trade back in the day. I purchased this item because it was made out of all wood. It’s made all of white pine surprisingly all the pieces were cut and finished beyond my expectations. Everything fit together as it should all the parts were there. The instructions could have been a little bit better, but all in all it went together in about an hour, everything fit together perfectly. I honestly don’t have any complaints and I’m pretty tough on reviews. My thanks go to the company. Thanks for a good product surprisingly surprised for sure.

The final finished product is wonderful. I also bought wheels for it from HomeDepot so it’s easier to move. I wish I tacked the fabric up on the sides, but it’ll be okay until I refresh everything. I’ll just lose some bedding/ sand over the tucked edges.Building it was another story, and I’m an experienced builder from scratch and kits. The grooves were too tight for the slats to slide down, despite any amount of hammering. I ended up using a wood chisel to widen all eight slots. It took about 2 hours, twice what I expected. There was a little bit of warping on one slat, but it all worked out assembling as 1person.Really please with the final result.

I’m beyond impressed with this habitat. Our box turtle needs additional room and I chose this because it looked like I could add on at a later date by connecting 2. We’re planning to add wheels so we can wheel her outside during the summer and inside during the winter and fall. We’re also planning on adding a top lid for the wintertime since we have a nosey cat. That might be my only recommendation for this… sell a separate/additional piece for a lid. Could be something as simple as chicken wire. But other than this, we are beyond impressed with this!!! Great product!

This would be great but the bottom has gaps. I ended up putting cardboard and then lining it with plastic pond liner. It was easy to assemble. Since I’ve had this I’ve learned a lot and found I could have gotten a better one but this is doing the job for now.

I bought this for my sulcottq tortoise! Ir is made extremely well Assembly was relatively easy I am very pleased with the quality of the wood as well

Received with only three legs, missing hardware/screws, directions, maybe other pieces(?!) - not sure. Had to repack back into box - hardest Tetris game other to repack a flat pack. Super heavy (box says “Very Heavy - 2 people lift recommended.” Had to lug it to UPS store. Was promised an expedited replacement (24-48 hours) for the inconvenience. Was told that on 10/19/2024. It’s 10/26/2024 and replacement still has not shipped. Cancelled replacement. Just want a refund. This has been a terrible experience.

I love wooden tortoise home. It is well built looks great, sturdy and easy to put together. I will buy another one to add when tortoises get bigger.