Outside and underground tegu enclosure

[Renske]

Some weeks ago we started to buld a big enclosure underground. They can hibernate and sleep there at night, and with nice weather they can get out site where we are making a bin outside enclosure.
Inside we use 1 uvb spot. It will be a 35watt solar raptor. Its just 1 becouse they can get real sun the almost a half year outside.

The plan:

Translation: buitenverblijf = outside enclosure, vrouwen verblijf = female enclosure, mannen verblijf = male enclosures. The male enclosure will be a lot bigger than on the painting. We desided to make 2 big enclosures of 2x1x1 meter.

Here some pictures of the progress:

My boyfriend

monster 1 of the females. I have her sinds she was a little baby. The is very tame.

Willie the male. He is very big, 1,5 meters.

 

[jamesnyborg]

Whoa. overkill!

 

[Renske]

Thanks!
Here some new pictures:

 

[jamesnyborg]

That must have cost a fortune, very nice.

 

[Maro1]

Unbelievable! Great job!

 

[Carnicero]

Wow man that is impressive excellent job, the tegus must love it. If only I had the time/space/resources/skill to do something like that, im jeaolous man lol.

 

[Renske]

Thanks guys! It was a lot of work. The bambo was expensive but most of the stuf we got for free. We search on the internet for people how haf a lot of lava or flagstones and realy want to get rit of it.

Yesterday we tryed our new outside lounge suite.

Today I planted the grass and my boyfriend did the ropes.

 

[got10]

That place looks better than most NyC apartments Wow. That is a VERY good enclosure or should I say "outclosure : lol

 

[monstruo-the-tegu]

tegus all around the world are jealous

 

[Renske]

Hahahahaha! Thanks!

The first time for them in there new enclosure.... uh outclosure:

 

[naturboy87]

amazing job one of a kind .... and i thought my guys wher spoiled lol ...

 

[Renske]

Outside is finished. Now they can go outside every day the weather is good enough. So happy!

 

[Rhetoric]

looks amazing! excellent work

 

[JohnMatthew]

Outstanding, thanks for sharing!

 

[Dom3rd]

That is absolutely amazing!!! I wish I had half the skill and money to do that!!

 

[Renske]

Thanks!
Here some new pics underground:

 

[frost]

thats awesome. her random question. do u eat slaughter where you are at? and if u do do you give it to your tegus?

 

[tommylee22]

So what do you do for drainage? when it rains and water flows into hide? I love this sset up! got my gears turning.

 

[Renske]

So what do you do for drainage? when it rains and water flows into hide? I love this sset up! got my gears turning.

In the netherlands it rains a lot, so we use drainage a lot. On the bottom where the tegus can get in the hide there is a drainage so the water can't get in.

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thats awesome. her random question. do u eat slaughter where you are at? and if u do do you give it to your tegus?

Sorry, my english is not that good. Do you mean meat? If i give them meat?
I feed them pork, cow, chicken (with bones), fish, eggs (reptile eggs and chicken eggs), sometimes rats, fruit, sometimes a little catfood (dry), and al that I think is good for them. But no insects. It makes them aggresive.

 

[frost]

haha your English is fine. i was referring to a dish that was on bizzare foods. it is like blood sausage but it kinda looks like a heart. and is like a blood cake.