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rick gordon
at Tue Jun 8 13:10:04 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by rick gordon ]
Hi, I have kept mine free roaming for almost 16 years, you have to have a large filtered water source for them to deficate and drink from. Also lots of live plants and ficus trees. if there is not enough greenery around they will not stay out in the open. As far as heat is concerned, they are tolarant of ambient temperatures in the range of 70-80 degrees as long as they have a heat source to warm up to. I use a 60 watt spot light suspended from the ceiling. You'll find that if you live in state with a relatively high humidity rate that the combination of the large water source and lamp in an enclosed room can raise the temperature 10-20 degrees above the rest of the house. I live in Maryland and I have to keep their window open in the summer or it gets into the 90's. Free roaming is the perfered way to keep these animals, in my opinion they are much happier and live longer, provided you have properly secured the room and eliminated any unwanted hiding places.
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