Reptibreeze

[swinginuttersgrrl]

So I am considering picking up a small colony of adult cresties from someone who no longer has time, its 5 animals and a set up which is a reptibreeze cage and fixtures. This isn't a done deal but if I do decide I want to buy them from her is it worth keeping the cage? We have 2 dedicated reptile rooms in the house, one for residents and one for quarantine and both rooms keep a nice even 72° I'm just concerned with the humidity. Has/does anyone here use this type of enclosure? Any thoughts? Or should I just be preparing alternate caging in case I do decide I like them enough to add to my project?
Input will be appreciated, thanks in advance
~K

 

[fl_orchidslave]

I would go with other caging. Winter it's drier anyway, and even with plastic sheeting, it probably would be a problem to keep the humidity up to a low end of acceptable.

 

[Dimidiata]

Can you raise the humidity of the room?

 

[Hannibal]

Half the cages in my gecko room are screened (others are glass), so I use a cheap warm mist humidifier when I have to run the house furnace. I have no problems keeping humidity in range, even for my uroplatus who are in screened enclosures & require more humidity than crestie.

 

[T-ReXx]

I also use some screen cages and most of the other ones have full screen fronts. I also use a small humidifier in the room and mist regularly. I am a FIRM believer in the method of creating a humidity scale; AM mist to raise it up, let it dry during the day, heavier PM mist allowing the cage to dry out by morning. Cresteds are less suseptible to humidity issues than many of the other species I keep(including Uroplatus) and they do very well for me. All screen is fine with regular misting and maybe a humidifier in the winter.

My only concern would be cage dimensions. Unless it's a pretty big Reptibreeze, I'm not sure that's enough space to prevent bickering between 5 adults.

 

[BrightReptiles]

I'd say give it a try and keep a keen eye on the humidity. If it doesn't work out grab a 30 gallon tall tank at petcos next $1 per gallon sale. I expect one to come soon to help clear out overstock of what didn't sell at black Friday.

 

[doublet74]

I use a reptibreeze for my crested. As previously posted mist in am and heavy mist at night. I haven't had a problem.

 

[swinginuttersgrrl]

I am being told it is a large reptibreeze and the current owner has been tossing out eggs, it was always my understanding (and it may be wrong so correction is welcome as long as its constructive) that animals normally won't breed if they are too overcrowded that they are unhappy/fighting.
as far as humidity in house/reptile rooms goes I can't say that all species in the rooms would benefit from the higher humidity but I can definitely stay on top of misting and I do utilize low light plants in my cresties habitats which helps with the base humidity in the area around the cages. The woman I'm talking to about all this has very little info to give and with as complicated as she made out that it would he to send me pics I'm not holding out hope that she's going to be able to give an accurate dimension measurement so I won't know until I get there what I mightbe getting (or not).

 

[darkridder]

Breeding will occur regardless the situation I have seen breeders who keep their setups horrifically dirty and small and yet they still produce geckos. If someone is just tossing out eggs, and has such little information, to me that would be a red flag that there may be some possible issues with the geckos, like possible malnutrition that may be happening because normally that would not be something an avid lover would do with their animals. Also if all 5 are in one setup, odds are high it is too small for them all, and not the best situation for them as youre looking at something around the size of 55-60 gallons to safely keep 4-5 animals. So myself I would be rather hesitant.

You can also block off sides of the reptibreezes with plastic board which will help hold in humidity. You could also invest in an automated mister system. Live plants help increase humidity, along with the obvious of just misting more often. And even more arid loving species can usually tolerate some extra humidity bumped up to around 50% for the room high.

 

[swinginuttersgrrl]

I think my gut was kinda telling me its a bad idea. We are headed her way for the show in Hamburg pa on sat so we might meet up just to see if it really is a train wreck or not but ultimately I know my moneys probably better spent on juvies at the show anyway. It was worth a passing fancy.