Thats a great start - looks like you used some premium wood too. I would fill in the rest of the space at the top if you can and raise Powersun higher - chams like to be high up -as much as you can give them. I let mine out in this umbrella near a window, he took off when I wasnt looking and I spent 30 minutes looking for him. I remember this happening to someone else and it was suggested to look in high places. Sure enough he was on top of his cage looking down on me - prbably laughing at me looking for him for over a half hour (so they like to be high up). 85* is too cool for the veiled. Babies should have 90* while adults should be a bit warmer (95-100 ?? cant remember). I use a powersun to add heat, light up the whole cage up, and UVA/B - but I use a zoomed 150w bulb for a basking light. You need to keep the powersuns 12" from the animal - at that range my 160w powersun just hits 90* so I dont use it for my main heat source since my veiled is just about 6 months old and likes it a bit warmer. I dont know where you live, but try Wal-Mart or Lowes for 3' ficuses. Really nice cage - make plans and post them!



-roo

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• Set up so far (pic) - AtelerixMel, Mon Sep 20 12:54:01 2004
• RE: Set up so far (pic) - JonPCab, Mon Sep 20 14:21:01 2004
• One more thing . . . - JonPCab, Mon Sep 20 14:30:50 2004
• RE: Set up so far (pic) - roocat71, Mon Sep 20 14:49:23 2004
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• RE: Set up so far (pic) - scott202, Tue Sep 21 20:30:39 2004
• RE: Set up so far (pic) - AtelerixMel, Tue Sep 21 22:25:36 2004