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Is This set up okay?

kaduku Aug 17, 2003 05:47 PM

A 60 gallon terrarium with a top sliding screen. 4 feet long 15inches wide, and 18 inches tall. 2 19 inch fluorescent hoods with repti-glo 8.0 bulbs. One reptile ray night heat bulb 100w for the basking light, and cocunut husk bedding. Also an undertank heater. There will be 2 one year old dragons living in there in 6 days, male and female.

The only problem i have is when i put the reflector hood on the screen, there is a smell (might be burning screen, idk) anyway to stop this? also the screen doesnt seem like it can hold 2 lights and a basking light, so i need to put crossbars.

Any comments apreciated. (dont have furniture yet, I live in a desert so I will be collecting rocks, and probally buying the wood. Unless there are good homemade furniture.

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reiko Aug 17, 2003 10:32 PM

i dont know about the cocconut bedding, i dont think its something i would use, might try sifted childrens playsand instead or i use wheat bran, all a matter of personal preference. Make sure you have a digital thermometer to make sre you are getting the right temps, 105-115 basking, 85 ambient temp on the cool side. As for a male and female living in there together, i wouldnt do it, your female will be bred by the male, is she ready? weight? age? length? besides that keeping a male and female together all year round is very stressful on her and it can be on him also, 2 seperate enclosures and meeting for breeding only is a better idea. only 15 inches wide might be a little too narrow for 2 also, the length is alright. what kind of screen did you use to build it? it needs to be a metal screen, fabric screening can melt or burn. hope that this helps some...the rest sounds alright

>>A 60 gallon terrarium with a top sliding screen. 4 feet long 15inches wide, and 18 inches tall. 2 19 inch fluorescent hoods with repti-glo 8.0 bulbs. One reptile ray night heat bulb 100w for the basking light, and cocunut husk bedding. Also an undertank heater. There will be 2 one year old dragons living in there in 6 days, male and female.
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>> The only problem i have is when i put the reflector hood on the screen, there is a smell (might be burning screen, idk) anyway to stop this? also the screen doesnt seem like it can hold 2 lights and a basking light, so i need to put crossbars.
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>>Any comments apreciated. (dont have furniture yet, I live in a desert so I will be collecting rocks, and probally buying the wood. Unless there are good homemade furniture.
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