Can anyone post a picture of their chuck enclosure or suggest a good website for indoor chuck enclosures? Thanks in advance for the help!
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indoor chuck enclosure
mlove
Jan 22, 2008 03:39 PM
Replies (3)
negatronix
Jan 22, 2008 07:44 PM
What type of cage are you looking for exactly?
-Kory
mlove
Jan 23, 2008 01:01 PM
I currently have a custom enclosure 4 ft long, 20 1/2 in wide and 20 1/2 in high. It's made of wood that has been sealed and has a glass front. It's large enough for my female 2006 chuck but I will be addding a yearling to our family next week. After quarantining the new male I plan on housing them together. I am having my husband make a larger enclosure for the pair and I'm trying to get ideas of how I want it built. Some of my questions...
What cage dimensions will be big enough for two adult chucks?
Does anyone use any type of man made back ground that that has built in rocks, shelves and hiding spaces?
What is the best way to mount the uv light fixture inside the cage so that it is close enough to give the most benefit to the chucks but still high enough to keep the chucks from crawling on it?
womakid
Feb 27, 2008 03:09 AM
I dont have a functioning digital camera right now, but my enclosure is VERY simple.
First let me say hat my friend Ron, bred some AWESOME angle island chucks this last year and tis is how he had me make mine for the 3 I got from him.
It is a melamine box 6 ft by 30 inches,and 18 inches tall. I have a 4 ft double shop light above it and a clamp on light with a 150 watt plain old light bulb above the basking area. They are on newspaper and on the newspaper I have several ceramic tiles. at one end, under the basking lamp, there are 4 stacks of 8" tile and 2 12" tiles on top of those. This makes their cave/hide spot. On top of the hide i have a few large rocks, again directly under the basking lamp......thats it . Very simple, but I can also keep it really clean as these guys like to poop...alot. Mine are doing very well though. Keep in mind this is how the breeder told me to set them up. It is pretty much the same way he keeps the babies set up until he places them in their outdoor pens or sells them. The only difference is that he uses brown indoor/outdoor carpet ( dont use green THEY WILL TRY TO EAT IT) and I dont cause it is a pain to wash every 2 days or so.
Hope this helps
aaron
