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Arizona Tortoise Tubes

We sell heavy duty plastic tubes ideal for the perfect tortoise or reptile burrow.
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We can also build you the perfect burrow to keep your tortoise cool during the hot summer days and warm all winter.

08/19/2024

The boys are out enjoying this beautiful evening! Do you need a burrow built for your tortoise or do you need a tube to build a burrow on your own? If so message me and we can discuss the details.

08/11/2024

Yesterday marked 1 year since I started selling tortoise tubes. My favorite part has been meeting so many great people along the way. To celebrate making it 1 year I wanted to do something special and give something away to give back to the tortoise community. Today I was able to build a new burrow for this customer for her Sonoran Desert Tortoise completely free of charge. Here are a few photos of the building process. We hauled in over 2000lbs of dirt to raise the area for water drainage control and for insulation. This tortoise is quite young so he now how’s a burrow that will suit him for many years to come.

I just want to say thank you to all of my customers over the last year. I will still continue to sell tubes and will now offer a borrow building service as my time allows. Please let me know if you need a tube or a borrow built and we can discuss the details along with pricing!

07/21/2024

This customer just finished his incredible enclosure! Check out how the tube burrow is elevated with all dirt slopes leading away from the burrow. That will ensure that his tortoise stays warm and dry through any weather that Arizona can throw at it! Really amazing work Phillip!

07/07/2024

I found this little guy/gal sharing a room with one of my tortoises today. I guess a good burrow works for any animal trying to escape this miserable heat. Luckily my tortoises don’t mind sharing. He/she was released back into the tortoise burrow where it can stay as long as it wants!

05/29/2024

Here is an amazing new burrow that a customer recently finished for her Sonoran Desert Tortoise. She definitely loves her tortoise and is doing an amazing job caring for it!

05/13/2024

Hibiscus and globe mallow flowers for breakfast!

05/02/2024

This customer decided to use the tubes for above ground shade areas. As you can see she painted them which helps not attract as much heat to the tubes as it would when they’re black and she also inserted pool noodles into the ridge areas in the tubes to further insulate them. Thats such a great use of the tubes! This is one awesome tortoise enclosure!

04/29/2024

Here are some before and after photos from a customer. Jennifer followed the AZGFD suggestion and built her burrow with buckets which worked for a while until it was too tight for her tortoise to turn around in. She stopped by and purchase an 18” tube and went to work rebuilding the burrow. Look at the improvement! I’d say her tortoise approves of the new hideout! Great work on the burrow Jennifer!

04/27/2024

West siders! I will be making a very quick trip to the west side on Sunday. This will not be my normal trips where I spend 3 hours out there selling tubes. I will be making a quick trip out and back to deliver tubes to a customer on that side of town. Since I’ll be over there I can bring some more tubes for anyone that wants to meet me at this Home Depot to pick them up. Just message me and let me know what size tubes you’d like me to bring and I will bring them for you. I plan to be in this parking lot from 11:30-12 before having to head home. Instead of charging one customer a big delivery fee I just charge everyone who wants them a $10 fee for coming to that side of town. Let me know if you’re interested!

04/27/2024

Rex is a 25 year old Sonoran Desert Tortoise that was adopted from AZ Game and Fish. John and Susan came and picked up a tube and built an amazing burrow for him. Rex likes it so much that he has refused to come out of it so far this year! This is such an amazing setup all the way around. Rex is one lucky guy!

04/24/2024

Another amazing borrow! This burrow is positioned perfectly to utilize afternoon shade from the tree. Here is Craig’s description of his build.

I wanted to loop back and show you the rebuild/reconstruct for Walt, our Sonoran. This was using one of the 18”, 3ft tubes overlapping a half cut 2’ tall metal trash can, with some additional brick/rock entrance. Covered in 8” of dirt. It’ll get more shady as the tree continues to fill and the plants to the left regrow post trimming. The tubes are awesome, much stronger and better shape to ensure better insulation. I’m going to build a hang out area with the other tube in a non-burrow part of the yard for him to explore this fall. Thanks again.

04/23/2024

It’s time to adopt a tortoise!

04/22/2024

I went in my back yard today and spotted this Sonoran Desert T-Rex terrorizing the pretty flowers.

04/21/2024

Teresa and Jim came by and purchased a 5’ piece of 42” tube for their two sulcatas. Here is a description along with photos of how they built this amazing burrow!

Hi!! We love the tube we bought from you. Tilly now has such a great, sturdy home to share with her newly adopted friend, Shelly, from Eclecteri.org. Ours is more functional than pretty because it's tucked between a hedge of yellow bells and a 4 foot wooden fence display on our acre property. The girls roam freely.

Tilly had already dug down in this spot, where her previous straw bales, plywood, tarp house was. Jim dug down more so they both can get down in the cool dirt. We left the straw bales on the south and west sides and placed the 43"x5' tunnel against the bales, then added bales along the north edge of tunnel. We piled dirt on top until it was almost level. We added the rest of the bales on top of the tunnel, then a tarp. The opening faces east and we built up the entrance to keep water out. The girls love it! Thank you!!
Teresa

04/16/2024

Brian purchased a 30” tube for his 3 year old sulcata and made a fantastic burrow! If you purchased a tube from me and built a burrow I’d love to see photos of yours too! Send them to me on messenger so I can post on the page for others to get burrow ideas. Great work Brian!

04/13/2024

I’ve seen the tubes used so many different ways and I try to post as many customer photos as I can to give everyone ideas on how to use the tubes. Here’s a short video of my enclosures and how I’ve used the tubes for my tortoises.

04/04/2024

Our second tortoise Shelldon emerged from his burrow today! Our tortoises came out two days apart and both looked happy and healthy! Both burrows stayed warm and dry all winter for them.

04/03/2024

Tito finally made his first appearance since November! He spent 5 month tucked way warm and dry in his tube burrow.

04/02/2024

Just a reminder that I’ll be in Tucson with a trailer full of tubes tomorrow from 4pm-7pm. There will be a $10 per buyer delivery fee. I will have all sizes of tubes with me. I should have enough for everyone but it will be first come first serve. See you all tomorrow!

03/26/2024

Tucson tortoise owners, I will be making a trip with a load of tortoise tubes one week from today. If you plan on stopping by to purchase tubes please comment on this post so I have an idea how many to haul down with me. I will be parked at the location pictured below. It is in the PetSmart parking lot on the south east corner of Orange Grove and River rd. I have circled the location in red in the photo below. I will be in a white truck with a trailer full of tubes. I plan to be there on Tuesday, April 2 from 4pm to 7pm. I will have all sizes of tubes from 12” up to 42”. There will be a delivery fee of $10 for each person purchasing tubes to help cover the cost of the trip. If you have any questions at all feel free to message me. See you next week!

02/20/2024

Spring is almost here and it’s the perfect weather to build a new burrow for those tortoises! I have plenty of tubes in stock ranging from 12” diameter up to 42” diameter and prices from $15-$50 depending on size. I’m located in Queen Creek. Message me to schedule a time for pickup!

12/23/2023

With all of this rain it’s a great time to check on your tortoise to make sure their burrow isn’t filling with water. I had a scare when one filled up last year but after some waterproofing over the summer both of my tortoises burrows are bone dry today!

12/05/2023

I still have a ton of large sulcata size tubes that I’m currently using as an obstacle course for my kids! I also have some smaller sizes in stock too. Message me if your want to take advantage of this cooler weather and build your tortoises a new burrow!

11/06/2023

Candy used a tortoise tube to construct this very well built burrow. The plastic tubes are strong enough to withstand a considerable amount of weight with no fear of collapse. This burrow will be a nice cool escape from the extreme desert temperatures. I sure hope that tortoise is grateful for you hard work Candy!

11/04/2023

I still have a bunch of large diameter tubes left over from my trip to Tucson. They’re great for big Sulcatas or even better to keep the kids entertained! Let me know if you’re in need of a tortoise tube or a new cave system for your kids 😜

10/30/2023

Here’s a great example of how well these tubes work for burrows. This customer built their burrow just like the Arizona Game and Fish Department suggests when adopting a desert tortoise. Over time the plywood roof began to sag under the weight of the soil on top. They decided to rebuild their burrow with the plastic tubes and it will no longer have any issues with sagging or collapsing. Ari did a phenomenal job building this burrow!

10/30/2023

I had a great day in Tucson today. The best part about selling tubes is meeting other tortoise owners. You were all so friendly and it was truly a pleasure to meet you all!

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Do you need us to build you a burrow for your tortoise? Maybe you just need a tube to build one yourself. Either way we can help! Message me for details!

The enclosures get very overgrown in the winter so in the spring I pull out a bunch of plants and trim everything back. Over the summer I just let everything grow so the tortoises have plenty to eat. Once the tortoises go into their burrows for the winter I go back to making more modifications to the enclosure. It’s always a work in progress. We haven’t seen Chip, the bunny, in a few days so I’m thinking maybe he was late with the rent payment and the tortoises evicted him.

You’re a young Sonoran Desert Tortoise who was adopted from AZGFD last summer and you’ve come out of brumation to find your new enclosure has grown into a jungle while you were sleeping. You take a stroll and find 10 different edible plants that luckily have a bunch of delicious flowers to eat! When it gets hot you have 3 different shelters to choose from for an afternoon nap. Life is pretty good on this beautiful spring day!