Well it’s been a wet Sunday in Bikini Bottom so spongie has been busy making some more enclosures. I like to raise my terrestrial geckos individually in rack systems and as I was making another one, I thought I’d take some photos to show how I do it.
The are a few different brands of plastic shelving containers around, and when looking for one for geckos such as Nephrurus it is important to get ones that are clear or opaque. I recently found this four draw stack in Bunning’s that is perfect, and would suit even adult levis. Has access holes between the levels so no drilling is required and even comes with castors. Cost me under $52 dollars, and with a 25 watt heat cord , a bit of glue and flyscreen, all up around $80.
The first photo shows the cord in position and held in place with tape. It’s important to make sure each level has the same amount of cord, and seeing as the cord will never be the exact size for the rack system the excess is equally distributed and tucked into the upright part. I lay the cord along one side and along the back to give a thermal gradient.
Once in place I glue it with ‘Liquid Nails’-second photo. A few bits of tape may be needed to keep it in place. By plugging in the heat cord the drying time is greatly speeded up!
In other designs I’ve created ventilation by drilling lots of holes, but in this one I’ve used aluminium flywire (hopefully they wont nose rub - that is always a risk), a line of fluon keeps the roaches under control-third photo.
Last 2 photos shows other racks I’ve made. A thermostat is required with the probe inserted through a drilled hole and glued into place. I’ve found that as long as the ratio of heat cord used to the surface area of each draw is the same, a number of racks can be run off one thermostat.
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