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08-Apr-08, 03:18 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-04 Location: Perth Age/Gender: 22  | | | monitor mansion finnished
just posting pics of my monitor cage iv build for breeding v.tristis tristis it will eventually house a group of 5 iv finnished it today and am playing with temps all i got to do is go cut a whole heap of branches for climbing to put in there and its finnished
its 5ftx5ftx2.5ft heated by 2x 160w ausbright high mercury vapour bulbs a large nesting/digging box filled with wet sand some rocky cave like hides some logs and a tilestack im wondering if i should make the stack higher or make another stack but i will definatly put more wood in there
what do you guys think? got any similar varanid cages? |
08-Apr-08, 03:46 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: mornington peninsula,vic Age: 33 | | | | looks great kenshin,i see yourvr tested the temps,what did the temps get to |
08-Apr-08, 03:50 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-05 Location: Sunshine Coast, QLD | | | | Whats on the roof?? Tristis are masters of escape. Depending on the subspecies (I am assuming tristis tristis seeing as your in perth) and age I would not personally trust 12mm wire with a tristis - 6 mm is far more suitable (a subadult could squeeze itself through but adults would be fine) |
08-Apr-08, 03:58 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-04 Location: Perth Age/Gender: 22 | | | | richardsc: on the log its sitting at 40c same on the stack however im lowering the light for the stack still to get it real hot just playing with heights atm the log im not to bothered about there will be heaps of branches at varying heights near the light
geckodan: yes its tristis tristis im useing half-inch square wire theres no way the adult tristis are fitting through it the top is a full swinging lid in 2 halfs the animals going into this setup are all 65-75cm long and fairly bulky |
08-Apr-08, 04:20 PM
|  | Subscriber | | | | | looks good, any pics of the tristis?
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08-Apr-08, 04:38 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-04 Location: Perth Age/Gender: 22 | | | | tristis here are some pics of one of my females i will take more pics next week and update this thread with it..... everyone feel free to make this that big giant V.tristis thread and contribute your cages and any info you like would be good for reference sake
i did switch back to white sand in this new enclosure cuzz i got sick of red sand staining my monitors altho i dont mind it on the ackies |
09-Apr-08, 10:23 AM
|  | Impatient Snake Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: Sydney Gender: | | | | Kenshin - can't believe I nearly missed this thread...
I think it looks brilliant mate - and your Tristis look awesome...would definately like to see a few more shots when it's all done and the inhabitants are in...
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10-Apr-08, 01:06 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-07 Gender: | | | | Looking good Kenshin, and you already know; beautiful tristis! |
10-Apr-08, 01:19 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: mornington peninsula,vic Age: 33 | | | | must get me some tristis,must get me some tristis,must get me some tristis,must get me some tristis,oops sorry was just thinking again,nice pics ,keep us posted on how u go with it kenshin,luffly tristis to,love the dark ones |
10-Apr-08, 01:33 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: kellyville,sydney Age/Gender: 34 | | | | what a wonderful monitor mansion! |
10-Apr-08, 03:08 AM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: Queensland Age/Gender: 19  | | | | lovely setup!! |
10-Apr-08, 07:12 AM
|  | #44-9aCustom#GR-094 Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: Out the Back of Queensland and a bit more Age: 99 | | | | Looks good. Very nice. Have you got any pics of the outside of the enclosure?
Heres a pic of a similiar enclosure I made......ooooo...ages ago for some wee friends.
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10-Apr-08, 02:14 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-04 Location: Perth Age/Gender: 22 | | | | theres 2 adult females housed in there at the moment one of them is the one pictured above and this is the other, the 3erd adult female is in a 4ft by herself to get fattened up on mice for a month or 2 before she gets put in the main enclosure, i have a small male that im trying to grow so i can put him in this cage and a large male im waiting to get from another person
sorry to say my cage looks like crap on the outside its vary basic just a pond with a wooden top that is cabletied on but its effective. |
15-Apr-08, 06:23 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-04 Location: Perth Age/Gender: 22 | | | | some update pics now 1M 2F living in here |
15-Apr-08, 06:46 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: victoria | | | | to get the right temps for monitors, do we not put thermostat into our enclosures? im thinking about getting sum monitors but not to sure how to get the temps up. | | |
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