Tiger House!

[goose]

Here are a couple of pics of Igor and Ivan's new habitat.



Its an exo terra 60x45x40. I thinks its ideal - I like the way the doors open outwards so no problems with a snail stuck on the doors when you want to get in! They've got a big wooden bowl (cheap from Dunelm) as a burying tub full of humus and a 99p fern from Tescos sunk in for a bit of greenery. Disposable bamboo tray for their moss, a coconut shell house, capillary mat floor. The background is polystyrene, have had to put my heat mat under the tank because it was stopping the heat coming in otherwise but I wanted to keep the background as it looks nice and natural. The viv has a special raised floor for mounting a heat mat underneath so it doesn't overheat anyway - the snails don't seem to mind the warm floor and their food, burying pots etc are off the mat anyway.

Here's a close up of Igor on the left and Ivan on the right - Igor has really fattened up now - piggy - lots of new shell growth since I got them as well. ;D



Think I might get some more foliage in there to make it more natural, the heat mat seems to keep the temperature up OK so far but might try supplementing with a red lamp in a zoo med holder over the top mesh at some point. The mesh top is great for ventilation and seems to keep the humidity fairly well without covering - seems to stay around 95% without steaming up but I have some bubble wrap over the panels that I can take on and off to control it better.

Hope it looks OK to everyone - any suggestions to improve would be great - new to keeping tigers and want them to be happy little pigs!

[Val]

I can't imagine any reason why they would not be happy in that house, it looks fabulous!!!!! I love the wooden bowl, they are very lucky little tigers

Val

[Arno]

That looks very impressive,you could easily put a few more Tigers in ;D. I would suggest more plants in there too,maybe a few branches,there's plenty of room for that.

[goose]

Thanks guys - the design is all thanks to the research on this forum so its really down to all of you! The branches are a great idea - that would give them an extra dimension to their house. Can get some fruit wood branches from mum and dads this weekend I should think.

[Moracai]

I have 2 of those exo terra's, they are brilliant aren't they

[goose]

Yep - a great design - like the raised front doors so you could get lots of substrate in their if you wanted. Would be nice if they did one with a different trim other than black plastic but hey - thats minor. They do stands for the taller narrower ones but haven't seen any yet for the shape I have - would save crawling on the floor to clean them out which would be good!

[Moracai]

I keep my tall one on top of an old black computer desk. makes it just the right height, matches the black trim and I can slide the heatmat underneath it onto the desk top.
It's a smaller computer desk that is almost the exact size of the tank so no wasted space! great charity shop find at £5!

[xxcharlottexx]

if you dont mind telling what's that green stuff at the bottom of your tank?

[Tigs]

Its Capillary matting - Ebay sells it or DIY stores

[erica]

that looks fantastic - i really like the wooden bowl idea. i'm trying to get a better tank for my two fulica's and seeing yours in use has helped add to the list of ideas.
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ps. Igor and Ivan are very cute. ;D

[shootinglou79]

hey goose great setup, looks great with the separate bowls for substrates, im going to copy lol , great bowls by the way are they asda prices ;D as iv the same.

[goose]

Thanks guys glad I have given you some ideas! Ivan and Igor seem to like it too.