you wil get A LOT farther along if you cover your cage. to use a famous monitor breeder's analogy, right now you are making a beef jerky machine.



you have lots of heat, and you are rapidly evaporating moisture from the environment. basically, you are slow cooking your animals. water is a part of the life force, everything revolves around it, and it is crucial to your animal's health.



over the short term, you may not see a problem, but over the long term, with repeating cycles of rapid evaporation, your animals will end up paying the price. it is hard on their systems, and it is hard on their environment.



you will really struggle to keep the soil in a good digging state. heck, we struggle to keep it good just losing water evaporation through the two inch screen gap around the edge of clip lamp. it will be nearly impossible without any kind of top at all.



unless you live in Indo, or maybe Hawaii, or perhaps Florida, or some spot with insane natural humidity...
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