Is not this design. Its you thinking about a final or ultimate cage. The problem is, you have little or no experience with the subject of the cage, the monitor. How do you know, this is the direction you "should" take? How do you know, this design fits you, muchless the monitor.



Personally, I design cages that teach me about the monitors, not have a particular look. That is, I include the tools that the monitors use. I could careless about the looks. With that in mind, they tend to look like where you actually find the monitors in nature, not a stylized picture of a region.



For instance, a monitor home in nature is normally a hole in a dead tree, or a hole in the ground. This hole is there hole and is unique to that individual and that species. Then around that hole are basic supplies, like temp sources, moisture sources, and food sources(usually the farthest away) These areas they choose, include the above in the different seasons. Some may have to move up or down or over for another season. For instance, the heat source(the sun) moves thru out the year, the monitors try to find a home that has exposure year a round, but often they can't, so they have a winter home, summer home, etc.



Back to your cage. I think the very best cage is a cage thats moisture Proof and holds lots of substrate(of many kinds) and has flexibility, that is, many places for heat sources, big doors to move in and out, all sorts of furniture. A cage that can be completely changed as I, the keeper, learns more about the monitor in question, thru time.



Also, no matter what you make, the caged monitor will indeed grow tired of it very very quickly. This is another reason to have a cage that can easily be changed around to prevent this boredom.



What is a good cage? one that stands the test of time. I am proud to have built cages in 1991 that still work today. Work is, take the monitors thru generations and generations. That is a good cage. Thanks and good luck, FR

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