Ok. When I get a chance (hopefully soon) I'll get one of my parents to drive me up to get some 1/4" plywood and 2x2's and try it out. I think with my bearded dragon I'll probably have to screw all of the levels together though...he's known for finding ways to knock stuff over. But I think I could use a stack and then have a long piece of cork bark leaning up against it in case he wants quick access to the top for basking (instead of having to scale the sides or climb through the middle). For an 18" beardie, should I do a stack that's about 12"x12" and then whatever height I find best? How do I cut the hole through the center? All I have around are standard tools like handsaws, drills, a circlular saw, and a saws-all. If there's a cheap tool used to make it, I could probably buy one. I don't have ANY money right now, but my bearded dragon is brumating so i have time to get enough for a $10 sheet of plywood and some cheap 2x2's. As for Sam the uro (who I now believe to be a male)...he's still a little too fat, but he's loosing weight quickly and soon I'll be able to do a stack for him and get some sort of real substrate in his tank (I want to try dirt, but I'll probably have to wait till summer to experiment with that).



The only thing I don't like about the rocks in sam's tank is how hot they get compared to the ambient are temps, so with a stack I could get the air temp to belly heat ratio evened out a lot better.



I wish you did stuff with bearded dragons. Most the people over there right now are into everything being "sterile". At least 50% of them won't use any sort of substrate that could remotely cause an impaction, even if they don't feed the dragons in the tank they house them in. I like having an environment that stimulates the animals and is still fairly easy to maintain.



-ryan

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