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Custom Leo Cage

yoimb0b Sep 24, 2006 10:41 PM

Ive been working off and on on a large gecko cage for my leos. Its 4 feet long by 2 feet wide by 2 feet high. Its made of plaster and foam. I still have more removable huts to add to the cage, as well as cactus decorations, but for now its pretty much complete.

I am airing the cage out from the spray paint (non toxic of course) and i need to reseal it and then i will put on the doors in the front to keep the geckos in. I plan for this to be a huge sanctuary for my 7 geckos when they are all the same adult size (right now i have 3 adult leos to put in the cage)

I made steps to make the cage multi-levels, and might do a small waterfall in the leftcorner, with a humid hide underneath it, which flows into the waterbowl.

ill add more pictures in the next couple of days when i add the front mesh doors, and cut a hole in the top for the heatlamp. now, my room is always on the warmer side, but at night, what should i have for them heatwise? should i just switch out the bulb at night to the infared heat bulb?

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Replies (2)

sleepygecko Sep 24, 2006 11:04 PM

4ftx2x2 will not be nearly big enough for 7 adult geckos.

Belly heat is best and you should probably consider a place for a UTH and at least a temperature gradient of some sort.

Leopard geckos hate to be splashed by the smallest of spray, so a waterfall is probably not a good idea since they may not want to get close enough to drink.
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KellyTCS Sep 25, 2006 12:42 PM

Awesome cage! Looks very cave-like. Nice job!

Kelly
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0.0.1 Bearded Dragon

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