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Here's my desert setup

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Oh thats amazing its like a zoo enclosure. what are you going to put in there ?
How did you make the rocks,etc ?

Thanks for the comments. In this cage are an adult male chuckwalla, a juvy mali uromastic, a pair of juvy collards and a couple of adult leopard geckos. They have al been together for a few months now, and all are eating and getting along fne.
The cage measures 6 feet long by 4 deep and 4 high, so there is plenty of space for all of them. The geckos have their rock structures to hide in, whuich they do most of the day and then come out when the lights go off.

Making this cage took more time then I've ever spent on anything.

To make it quick:
1. With the help of my dad and his many power tools we assembled the wooden structure, but rather than use wood supports, we first made a steel frame, which the wood was then attached to making it incredibly strong.

2. Next we took it all appart to move to my basement.

3. I made the rock structure using varios scrap wood (2 by 4's) to nail all over the back wall, and then took a ton of chicken wire and molded it to using the wooden walls and 2 by 4's to atach the wire.

4. Next a layer of finer, screen was put over the chicken wire and also put in place with a stapler gun, and twisty ties. (ended up using over 300 twisties)

5. Finally I used 300 pounds of mortar to cover all the wire. ( a lot of patience)

6. Once that all dried i put the sand, doors, paint, and animals.
If u have any specific questions i can help u out.

Okay thanks . No wonder it looks so real as I guess you can say its real rock in a way .
I would think you could keep them all together except the leopard geckos as the collards will eat them and they might be niped by the other two also.