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could someone post a pic of their setup so I can Get Ideas?? thanx in advance
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call me leo boy

this cage has a 11 x 14'' heat tape and house two female stenodactylus.
Xavier

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1 lazy Gecko... Freddie

I see the pic just fine....
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Josh
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I don't see it either...
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Owner of 3 Leopard Geckos, 3 Fire Belly Toads, 3 Treefrogs,
2 Bahaman Anoles 1 Japanese Fire Belly Newt and 1 Turtle "GOT-A-LUV-UM"

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http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p077c841727f8aa50d3b8157c4098acdf/fb920f24.jpg

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Owner of 3 Leopard Geckos, 3 Fire Belly Toads, 3 Treefrogs,
2 Bahaman Anoles 1 Japanese Fire Belly Newt and 1 Turtle "GOT-A-LUV-UM"

i see it

This is my Side-Blotched Lizards cage, a desert lizard found in a wide range of arid/desert enviorments. I didn't realy want to use a Leopard Gecko because with nearly all the leopards looking nothing like the "Wild" type, I decided to go with some local desert lizards and its the perfect accoupuant of my desert vivarium. The above picture is of the entire 15 gallon cage.

Heres a shot of the lizards and some of the narled wood I found in our local desert, I felt the smooth grape vine they sell at reptile stores didn't look very natural. I didn't want just plain sand as the substrate, so as a base I used play sand and on top of the play sand I put some debri and assorted size similar color rocks to make it look more natural. However if you have a lizard that likes to dig (like a leopard gecko) you should either wait until they are done digging up the cage and then add the debri to prevent it from getting buried. You could also have several layers of debri.

Heres a shot of a burrow I made by burying a "natural rock cave" that in my opinion didn't look very "natural". I also put a large piece of bark across the cage and over the top of the burrow to kind of hide the entrence, to make it more elusive.

This is a very bad picture, but I wanted to show you what I used as a water bowl. Do you see the rock with a shallow hole? That is what I put the water in, it looks much better then a water bowl. You can also see the assorted peices of bark around the cage and debri.

Collecting the cage furnishings from outside may be nerve racking, but usually theres nothing wrong with it and it does wonders to the naturalist design. Usually you want to go where people won't usually be found or through their trash to find the best and cleanist peices of wood.

Having these lizards in a desert vivarium is very entertaining to watch them explore and interact. I believe placing lizards in what would be like their "natural enviorment" stimulates them to be more active and more entertaining to watch. This is the kind of cage I like to have when I'm just having pets, not breeder animals. I believe if your keeping your reptile as a pet you should make the most of it and have your self a nice eye-pleasing display cage to your and your pets enjoyment. I plan on moving these guys to one of my vision cages to create a larger and better naturalistic desert vivarium.
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Bradley Baquial

you seem to have duplicated their environment nicely so they will feel at home.
when my leos' tanks are moved up to my bedroom again (we are remodeling) the 20gal long will become as natural a setup as possible for a leo...with slate pieces as a substrate (black repti-sand as a filler for the cracks), pieces of grape wood, large stones, as well as the usual water bowl, humid hide, and dry hides.

Cleo

You certainly put a lot of work into this. And it looks fantastic!

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