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Julio
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The title is amazing, I know XD
So I came up with an idea the other day. I was hearing that lamps can blind your leo's somewhere on our good friend Internet. I told this to the petshop guy and he laughed at me saying "Well how do they survive in the wild?" This was a good point.
So I decided to compromise. 3/4 of my tank would be a dual level cave, the third quarter would be open space in the light. I would bury my heating rock somewhere down the middle so there would be the "warm end", the "cool end" and the "sort of warmish but still cool" end. A nice soft gradient.
I began designing tonight. Here is the sketch:
This whole thing will be made from foam and painted and sealed, divided into three parts for easy cleaning.
The brown lump is an open area where my heating rock will be placed. There will be a thin layer of foam covering it so
a.) I dont have to see the hideous thing
b.) Sir Cornelius and Minerva don't burn their teeny toes.
There will be two entrances to the Geck-Cave (they will be small so only a few rays of light can get through).
there will be a pillar on the upper level of the cave for fun and two on the bottom.
The open area will be the feeding zone. The feeding zone will have ledges so mealworms can't get to the cave (not illustrated). The moist hide will be in that chunk of rock dividing cave from light.
Everything else is self explanatory. First time I've made a custom cage and I'm only a two day old Gecko owner so wish me luck
Oh yah! And also, what's the deal with the decimal system? what does 5.0 geckos mean? I don't understand, is that age? Thanks for the help,
-Julio
So I came up with an idea the other day. I was hearing that lamps can blind your leo's somewhere on our good friend Internet. I told this to the petshop guy and he laughed at me saying "Well how do they survive in the wild?" This was a good point.
So I decided to compromise. 3/4 of my tank would be a dual level cave, the third quarter would be open space in the light. I would bury my heating rock somewhere down the middle so there would be the "warm end", the "cool end" and the "sort of warmish but still cool" end. A nice soft gradient.
I began designing tonight. Here is the sketch:
This whole thing will be made from foam and painted and sealed, divided into three parts for easy cleaning.
The brown lump is an open area where my heating rock will be placed. There will be a thin layer of foam covering it so
a.) I dont have to see the hideous thing
b.) Sir Cornelius and Minerva don't burn their teeny toes.
There will be two entrances to the Geck-Cave (they will be small so only a few rays of light can get through).
there will be a pillar on the upper level of the cave for fun and two on the bottom.
The open area will be the feeding zone. The feeding zone will have ledges so mealworms can't get to the cave (not illustrated). The moist hide will be in that chunk of rock dividing cave from light.
Everything else is self explanatory. First time I've made a custom cage and I'm only a two day old Gecko owner so wish me luck
Oh yah! And also, what's the deal with the decimal system? what does 5.0 geckos mean? I don't understand, is that age?
Thanks for the help,-Julio
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