Outdoor enclosure /Hide box

[Maro1]

I am building an 8' x 8' outdoor enclosure. What are those of you who keep your Tegus outdoors using for a hide box? are you going underground? or above ground if so how are you doing it?

Maro1

 

[Toby_H]

Since you live in Iowa, I assume this is a summer enclosure only...

I live in Charlotte North Carolina and I keep my Tegu outdoors from May ~ September. His "hidebox" is simply his hatchling cage with the door open. It is a 4' x 2' @ 2' tall enclosure with 8" of mulch in the bottom placed in a shady part of his enclosure. This si where he sleeps at night and where he burries himself to hide from the hottest part of our hotter summer days.

If I owned my home and was building a permanent enclosure I would surely have a burried hide of some sort.

Though, I believe variety is the spice of life. So I attempt to provide my Tegu with options, then monitor him to see which options he tends to prefer in different situations/conditions. So it is likely, that in an "ideal" outdoor enclosure, he would have both aboveground and underground hides. Also he would have both open space hides and tight quarter hides.

A burried hide will surely be cooler than an aboveground hide. So those who live in hotter climates will have more of a need for underground hides giving the Tegu a place to escape the hottest part of the summer days. But those in cooler climates where the heat of the summer days are more tame, this is much less critical.

 

[Maro1]

Since you live in Iowa, I assume this is a summer enclosure only...

I live in Charlotte North Carolina and I keep my Tegu outdoors from May ~ September. His "hidebox" is simply his hatchling cage with the door open. It is a 4' x 2' @ 2' tall enclosure with 8" of mulch in the bottom placed in a shady part of his enclosure. This si where he sleeps at night and where he burries himself to hide from the hottest part of our hotter summer days.

If I owned my home and was building a permanent enclosure I would surely have a burried hide of some sort.

Though, I believe variety is the spice of life. So I attempt to provide my Tegu with options, then monitor him to see which options he tends to prefer in different situations/conditions. So it is likely, that in an "ideal" outdoor enclosure, he would have both aboveground and underground hides. Also he would have both open space hides and tight quarter hides.

A burried hide will surely be cooler than an aboveground hide. So those who live in hotter climates will have more of a need for underground hides giving the Tegu a place to escape the hottest part of the summer days. But those in cooler climates where the heat of the summer days are more tame, this is much less critical.

Yes in Iowa summer only. It would be great to see it year around but I would need to move south. I am thinking about doing and underground hide because it can get pretty hot here at times. The idea of an above ground hide as well is a good one. The enclosure will be 8' x 8' and 3' tall

Have you seen any pics of undergrounds hides?

Maro1