Balcony enclosure almost done
Posted: 28 Mar 2020, 09:55
Hello
So my balcony enclosure for Timmy is almost done. It's missing the uv plexiglass roof for the right back corner, but that will be delivered next week. It will be the greenhouse. And also the weeds, plants need to grow in the pots, but things are coming up I also have to place the hooks for the net to cover the whole enclosure for when I'm not at home etc. Just to make sure birds can't go in.
My balcony is 8 ft by 13 feet and the sun comes up on the left side around 9 and slowly moves to the right until 7 pm in the summer. So there will always be shade and sun.
The enclosure is 6 ft by 5'8 ft and made of a rockhard synthetic material named HPL, it doesn't rot, mold and is very smooth, no climbing possible. I've made a door so he can use the whole balcony when I'm home because it's tortoise proof. I also have a sunscreen that I can lower over the full balcony and half of the balcony has a roof.
I was able to use some things I already had, like the 2 tubs for the cocopeat. Everything that needs to draine has holes and is a bit lifted of the floor. The balcony drainage is on the full rightside and a bit at the end where the pipe is.
Timmy has already used it a couple of hours because the weather is quite nice, very sunny and because it's so sheltered very nice temperatures.
So my balcony enclosure for Timmy is almost done. It's missing the uv plexiglass roof for the right back corner, but that will be delivered next week. It will be the greenhouse. And also the weeds, plants need to grow in the pots, but things are coming up I also have to place the hooks for the net to cover the whole enclosure for when I'm not at home etc. Just to make sure birds can't go in.
My balcony is 8 ft by 13 feet and the sun comes up on the left side around 9 and slowly moves to the right until 7 pm in the summer. So there will always be shade and sun.
The enclosure is 6 ft by 5'8 ft and made of a rockhard synthetic material named HPL, it doesn't rot, mold and is very smooth, no climbing possible. I've made a door so he can use the whole balcony when I'm home because it's tortoise proof. I also have a sunscreen that I can lower over the full balcony and half of the balcony has a roof.
I was able to use some things I already had, like the 2 tubs for the cocopeat. Everything that needs to draine has holes and is a bit lifted of the floor. The balcony drainage is on the full rightside and a bit at the end where the pipe is.
Timmy has already used it a couple of hours because the weather is quite nice, very sunny and because it's so sheltered very nice temperatures.