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RE: New outdoor Sceloporus occidentalis enclosure

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Posted by: reptoman at Thu Jun 2 08:12:17 2005  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by reptoman ]  
   

Jason-one thing for you to consider? The Swift lizards you have as you well know are very active, and they seem to have a habit of running up and down the screen and when alarmed they often will drag their nose on the screen knowing there are holes in the screen and they try and find a place to slip out. Whats bad about this is they can rub their noses raw, I would keep an eye out for this as it could cause the demise of your animals. IN the future as a suggetion, I would use garden shade cloth, the real tough stuff from home depot on one or two sides which provides easy climbing and shade for hot days as well as rain not entering so easily, but on tow of the other sides I would use 1/4 vinyl coated screen mesh. This is much easier on the noses, you'll just have to keep an eye on the females when they lay eggs and dig the eggs up, if you allow them to hatch in the cage the babies could escape through the screen. Hope this helps-you might think about it, these materials are usually available through Lowes or HOme Depot. Cheers!!!!
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